Table 2 Coefficients from regressions on geometric features of pathologies

From: Benchmarking saliency methods for chest X-ray interpretation

Geometric feature (independent variable)

Coefficient using saliency method localization (dependent variable)

Coefficient using localization difference (human benchmark − saliency method) (dependent variable)

IoU

  

Number of instances

−0.115 (−0.220, −0.010)

−0.072 (−0.237, 0.094)

Size

0.566 (0.526, 0.606)***

−0.154 (−0.231, −0.076)***

Elongation

−0.425 (−0.497, −0.354)***

0.476 (0.362, 0.589)***

Irrectangularity

−0.256 (−0.292, −0.219)***

0.307 (0.249, 0.366)***

Hit/miss

  

Number of instances

−0.051 (−0.346, 0.244)

0.470 (0.114, 0.825)*

Size

1.269 (1.146, 1.391)***

−0.944 (−1.104, −0.785)***

Elongation

−0.849 (−1.053, −0.646)***

1.110 (0.865, 1.354)***

Irrectangularity

−0.519 (−0.624, −0.415)***

0.689 (0.564, 0.815)***

  1. *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001.