Table 7 Diagnostic and predictive models built using imaging.

From: Clinical use of artificial intelligence in endometriosis: a scoping review

Authors [ref.]

Stage of endometriosis

Type of endometriosis

Sample size

Inputs used

AI methods used

Method accuracy

Maicus et al.61

NR

Endometriosis with POD obliteration

749 sliding sign transvaginal ultrasound videos

Presence of sliding sign on transvaginal U/S

Resnet (2 + 1)D

SE = 89%

SP = 90%

Guerriero et al.59

NR

Rectosigmoid endometriosis

106 patients with U/S diagnosis of rectosigmoid endometriosis

Age; presence of U/S signs of uterine adenomyosis; presence of an endometrioma; adhesions of the ovary to the uterus; presence of “kissing ovaries”; absence of sliding sign

K-nearest Neighbor

SE = 66%

SP = 71%

Guerriero et al.59

NR

Rectosigmoid endometriosis

106 patients with U/S diagnosis of rectosigmoid endometriosis

Age; presence of U/S signs of uterine adenomyosis; presence of an endometrioma; adhesions of the ovary to the uterus; presence of “kissing ovaries”; absence of sliding sign

Naive Bayes

SE = 72%

SP = 77%

Guerriero et al.59

NR

Rectosigmoid endometriosis

106 patients with U/S diagnosis of rectosigmoid endometriosis

Age; presence of U/S signs of uterine adenomyosis; presence of an endometrioma; adhesions of the ovary to the uterus; presence of “kissing ovaries”; absence of sliding sign

Neural Networks

SE = 72%

SP = 73%

Guerriero et al.59

NR

Rectosigmoid endometriosis

106 patients with U/S diagnosis of rectosigmoid endometriosis

Age; presence of U/S signs of uterine adenomyosis; presence of an endometrioma; adhesions of the ovary to the uterus; presence of “kissing ovaries”; absence of sliding sign

Support Vector Machine

SE = 84%

SP = 71%

Guerriero et al.59

NR

Rectosigmoid endometriosis

106 patients with U/S diagnosis of rectosigmoid endometriosis

Age; presence of U/S signs of uterine adenomyosis; presence of an endometrioma; adhesions of the ovary to the uterus; presence of “kissing ovaries”; absence of sliding sign

Decision Tree

SE = 66%

SP = 77%

Guerriero et al.59

NR

Rectosigmoid endometriosis

106 patients with U/S diagnosis of rectosigmoid endometriosis

Age; presence of U/S signs of uterine adenomyosis; presence of an endometrioma; adhesions of the ovary to the uterus; presence of “kissing ovaries”; absence of sliding sign

Random Forest

SE = 66%

SP = 72%

Guerriero et al.59

NR

Rectosigmoid endometriosis

106 patients with U/S diagnosis of rectosigmoid endometriosis

Age; presence of U/S signs of uterine adenomyosis; presence of an endometrioma; adhesions of the ovary to the uterus; presence of “kissing ovaries”; absence of sliding sign

Logistic Regression

SE = 72%

SP = 73%

Reid et al.60

NR

NR

189 women (100 training set, 89 test set) with suspected endometriosis

POD 1 model: posterior compartment deep endometriosis, right ovarian fixation, negative “sliding sign”; POD 2 model: unilateral ovarian fixation, unilateral endometrioma, negative “sliding sign”

Logistic Regression

POD 1:

SE = 88%

SP = 97%

POD 2:

SE = 88%

SP = 99%

  1. U/S ultrasound, POD pouch of Douglas, NR not reported, SE sensitivity, SP specificity.