Table 3 Comparison of dice, focal, and cross-entropy loss and their effect on the performance of the network (Dense-2 U-net).
Loss function | MDS% | StD(%) | MeDS(%) | MHD (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cross-entropy (PR) | 92.1 | ±3 | 92.2 | 11.3 |
Focal (PR) | 91.1 | ±4 | 91.2 | 11.6 |
Dice (PR) | 91.5 | ±3 | 91.2 | 11.5 |
Dice + Cross-entropy (PR) | 92.0 | ±3.3 | 92.0 | 10.3 |
Dice + Focal + Cross-entropy (PR) | 91.7 | ±3.9 | 92.1 | 11.1 |
Cross-entropy (CZ) | 89.5 | ±7 | 89.4 | 6.1 |
Focal (CZ) | 88.5 | ±5 | 88.4 | 7.6 |
Dice (CZ) | 88.2 | ±5 | 86.9 | 7.7 |
Dice + Cross-entropy (CZ) | 89.2 | ±5 | 88.9 | 6.5 |
Dice + Focal + Cross-entropy (CZ) | 88.6 | ±6 | 88.6 | 7.2 |
Cross-entropy (PZ) | 78.1 | ±9 | 79.5 | 20.8 |
Focal (PZ) | 74.4 | ±11 | 75.5 | 17.8 |
Dice (PZ) | 73.4 | ±11 | 74.8 | 19.4 |
Dice + Cross-entropy (PZ) | 78.1 | ±10 | 76.8 | 23.4 |
Dice + Focal + Cross-entropy (PZ) | 77.2 | ±8.2 | 76.1 | 23.7 |
