Table 3 Performance of the models against the reference contour in terms of the generalized conformity index (\(\hbox {CI}_{\mathrm{gen}}\)) (mean ± SD) for the native and contrast-enhanced CT datasets.

From: Deep learning-based segmentation of the thorax in mouse micro-CT scans

Algorithm

Models

Native CT (test set 1)

Contrast-enhanced CT (test set 2)

Heart

Total lungs

Spinal Cord

Heart

Total lungs

Spinal Cord

nnU-Net

3d_fullres

90% ± 1%

95% ± 1%

65% ± 6%

87% ± 3%

92% ± 2%

75% ± 7%

2d

89% ± 2%

94% ± 1%

66% ± 6%

72% ± 22%

81% ± 16%

65% ± 14%

AIMOS

UNet-768

89% ± 2%

93% ± 1%

64% ± 6%

74% ± 18%

76% ± 18%

73% ± 8%

Interobserver variability

79% ± 3%

86% ± 2%

60% ± 6%

80% ± 3%

81% ± 8%

69% ± 6%

  1. The model with the best results are shown in bold.