Table 3 The results of proposed framework presented in terms of the area under the receiving operator curve and sensitivity against patients with and without sings of lung aging marked by the attending radiologists.

From: A 178-clinical-center experiment of integrating AI solutions for lung pathology diagnosis

No visual signs of lung aging

Lung aging

Abnormality

AUC

Sensitivity

Abnormality

AUC

Sensitivity

Effusion

0.88 [0.85–0.90]

0.96 [0.93–0.98]

Effusion

0.82 [0.77–0.87]

0.98 [0.94–1.00]

Infiltrates

0.71 [0.69–0.72]

0.85 [0.83–0.87]

Infiltrates

0.54 [0.51–0.58]

0.89 [0.87–0.90]

Cyst

0.80 [0.62–0.99]

0.88 [0.53–0.98]

Cyst

0.96 [0.76–1.00]

1.00 [0.34–1.00]

Pulmonary mass

0.69 [0.67–0.71]

0.84 [0.82–0.87]

Pulmonary mass

0.54 [0.50–0.57]

0.89 [0.87–0.91]

Opacity

0.78 [0.76–0.80]

1.00 [1.00–1.00]

Opacity

0.60 [0.57–0.64]

1.00 [1.00–1.00]

Atelectasis

0.87 [0.80–0.94]

0.98 [0.87–1.00]

Atelectasis

0.74 [0.62–0.85]

1.00 [0.86–1.00]

Pneumothorax

0.90 [0.85–0.94]

0.98 [0.92–0.99]

Pneumothorax

0.90 [0.78–1.00]

1.00 [0.70–1.00]

Pneumonia

0.84 [0.82–0.86]

0.94 [0.92–0.96]

Pneumonia

0.79 [0.74–0.84]

0.96 [0.92–0.98]

Tuberculosis

0.79 [0.73–0.84]

0.91 [0.83–0.96]

Tuberculosis

0.70 [0.58–0.82]

0.96 [0.81–0.99]

Fibrosis

0.64 [0.61–0.67]

0.81 [0.77–0.84]

Fibrosis

0.56 [0.50–0.61]

0.90 [0.85–0.93]

Hernia

0.53 [0.39–0.67]

0.75 [0.51–0.90]

Hernia

0.48 [0.27–0.69]

0.86 [0.49–0.97]

Cardiomegaly

0.67 [0.65–0.69]

0.84 [0.82–0.87]

Cardiomegaly

0.51 [0.47–0.56]

0.89 [0.87–0.90]

Wid. mediastinum

0.72 [0.39–1.00]

1.00 [0.44–1.00]

Wid. mediastinum

0.48 [0.39–0.58]

0.82 [0.67–0.91]

Hilar enlargement

0.81 [0.71–0.91]

0.96 [0.81–0.99]

Hilar enlargement

0.74 [0.57–0.90]

0.83 [0.55–0.95]

Scoliosis

0.62 [0.56–0.67]

0.82 [0.74–0.87]

Scoliosis

0.58 [0.49–0.68]

0.93 [0.82–0.98]

Bone fracture

0.76 [0.68–0.83]

0.93 [0.83–0.97]

Bone fracture

0.67 [0.54–0.79]

0.96 [0.79–0.99]

Consolidate fracture

0.65 [0.57–0.72]

0.83 [0.73–0.90]

Consolidate fracture

0.68 [0.59–0.78]

1.00 [0.91–1.00]

  1. The higher number for each abnormality is highlighted in bold.