Table 6 Likert scale assessment performed by independent radiologists to asses the usability of contours in the clinic.

From: Fully automated deep learning based auto-contouring of liver segments and spleen on contrast-enhanced CT images

Challenge cohort (CCH)

Validation cohort (CRTval)

Surgery cohort (CLS)

Portal vein embolization cohort (CPVE)

Scores

Segment and Vessels with nnU-Net (Mvess), N = 251

Segment Only with nnU-Net (MnnU-Net), N = 251

Segment only with paU-Net (MpaU-Net), N = 251

Segments and Spleen with nnU-Net (Mseg+spleen), N = 251

Segment and Vessels with nnU-Net (Mvess), N = 401

Segment Only with nnU-Net (MnnU-Net), N = 401

Segment only with paU-Net (MpaU-Net), N = 401

Segments and Spleen with nnU-Net (Mseg + Spleen), N = 401

Segment and Vessels with nnU-Net (MVess), N = 311

Segment Only with nnU-Net (MnnU-Net), N = 331

Segment only with paU-Net (MpaU-Net), N = 331

Segments and Spleen with nnU-Net (Mseg + Spleen), N = 331

Segment and Vessels with nnU-Net (MVess), N = 201

Segment Only with nnU-Net (MnnU-Net), N = 201

Segment only with paU-Net (MpaU-Net), N = 201

Segments and Spleen with nnU-Net (Mseg + Spleen), N = 201

Seg 1

 1

0

0

0

0

1 (2.5%)

1 (2.5%)

1 (2.6%)

1 (2.5%)

1 (3.2%)

1 (3.0%)

4 (12%)

1 (3.0%)

0

0

0

0

 2

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4 (16%)

0 (0%)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (5.0%)

0 (0%)

 3

4 (16%)

4 (16%)

4 (16%)

4 (16%)

1 (2.5%)

1 (2.5%)

1 (2.6%)

1 (2.5%)

7 (23%)

8 (24%)

6 (18%)

7 (21%)

1 (5.0%)

1 (5.0%)

0 (0%)

1 (5.0%)

 4

13 (52%)

13 (52%)

14 (56%)

13 (52%)

11 (28%)

11 (28%)

11 (28%)

11 (28%)

14 (45%)

14 (42%)

17 (52%)

15 (45%)

1 (5.0%)

2 (10%)

5 (25%)

1 (5.0%)

 5

8 (32%)

8 (32%)

3 (12%)

8 (32%)

27 (68%)

27 (68%)

26 (67%)

27 (68%)

9 (29%)

10 (30%)

6 (18%)

10 (30%)

18 (90%)

17 (85%)

14 (70%)

18 (90%)

Seg 2

 1

0

0

0

0

1 (2.5%)

1 (2.5%)

4 (10%)

1 (2.5%)

2 (6.5%)

1 (3.0%)

3 (9.1%)

1 (3.0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (5.0%)

0 (0%)

 2

1 (4.0%)

1 (4.0%)

5 (20%)

1 (4.0%)

1 (2.5%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (3.0%)

3 (9.1%)

0 (0%)

0

0

0

0

 3

7 (28%)

7 (28%)

9 (36%)

7 (28%)

8 (20%)

8 (20%)

10 (25%)

9 (22%)

8 (26%)

11 (33%)

8 (24%)

11 (33%)

1 (5.0%)

1 (5.0%)

2 (10%)

1 (5.0%)

 4

11 (44%)

11 (44%)

10 (40%)

11 (44%)

9 (22%)

9 (22%)

18 (45%)

9 (22%)

16 (52%)

15 (45%)

16 (48%)

16 (48%)

3 (15%)

3 (15%)

12 (60%)

2 (10%)

 5

6 (24%)

6 (24%)

1 (4.0%)

6 (24%)

21 (52%)

22 (55%)

7 (18%)

21 (52%)

5 (16%)

5 (15%)

3 (9.1%)

5 (15%)

16 (80%)

16 (80%)

5 (25%)

17 (85%)

Seg 3

 1

0

0

0

0

2 (5.0%)

1 (2.5%)

2 (5.0%)

1 (2.5%)

2 (6.5%)

1 (3.0%)

3 (9.1%)

1 (3.0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (10%)

0 (0%)

 2

1 (4.0%)

1 (4.0%)

8 (32%)

1 (4.0%)

1 (2.5%)

0 (0%)

3 (7.5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (6.1%)

3 (9.1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (5.0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 3

7 (28%)

7 (28%)

6 (24%)

7 (28%)

8 (20%)

8 (20%)

8 (20%)

9 (22%)

8 (26%)

9 (27%)

10 (30%)

11 (33%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (5.0%)

0 (0%)

 4

11 (44%)

11 (44%)

10 (40%)

11 (44%)

8 (20%)

8 (20%)

15 (38%)

8 (20%)

16 (52%)

16 (48%)

14 (42%)

16 (48%)

4 (20%)

2 (10%)

10 (50%)

3 (15%)

 5

6 (24%)

6 (24%)

1 (4.0%)

6 (24%)

21 (52%)

23 (57%)

12 (30%)

22 (55%)

5 (16%)

5 (15%)

3 (9.1%)

5 (15%)

16 (80%)

17 (85%)

7 (35%)

17 (85%)

Seg 4

 1

0

0

0

0

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

8 (20%)

0 (0%)

1 (3.2%)

1 (3.0%)

4 (12%)

1 (3.0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4 (20%)

0 (0%)

 2

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

12 (48%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.5%)

1 (2.5%)

4 (10%)

1 (2.5%)

3 (9.7%)

2 (6.1%)

3 (9.1%)

1 (3.0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (5.0%)

0 (0%)

 3

4 (16%)

5 (20%)

7 (28%)

4 (16%)

3 (7.5%)

2 (5.0%)

6 (15%)

2 (5.0%)

4 (13%)

6 (18%)

15 (45%)

7 (21%)

2 (10%)

0 (0%)

13 (65%)

0 (0%)

 4

11 (44%)

10 (40%)

5 (20%)

11 (44%)

7 (18%)

7 (18%)

14 (35%)

8 (20%)

14 (45%)

14 (42%)

7 (21%)

14 (42%)

5 (25%)

6 (30%)

1 (5.0%)

6 (30%)

 5

10 (40%)

10 (40%)

1 (4.0%)

10 (40%)

29 (72%)

30 (75%)

8 (20%)

29 (72%)

9 (29%)

10 (30%)

4 (12%)

10 (30%)

13 (65%)

14 (70%)

1 (5.0%)

14 (70%)

Seg 5–8

 1

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (4.0%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.5%)

1 (2.5%)

2 (5.0%)

0 (0%)

1 (3.2%)

1 (3.0%)

4 (12%)

1 (3.0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4 (20%)

0 (0%)

 2

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

11 (44%)

0 (0%)

3 (7.5%)

3 (7.5%)

5 (12%)

2 (5.0%)

3 (9.7%)

2 (6.1%)

3 (9.1%)

1 (3.0%)

5 (25%)

4 (20%)

7 (35%)

3 (15%)

 3

4 (16%)

4 (16%)

7 (28%)

4 (16%)

5 (12%)

4 (10%)

8 (20%)

5 (12%)

4 (13%)

7 (21%)

14 (42%)

8 (24%)

11 (55%)

11 (55%)

8 (40%)

12 (60%)

 4

11 (44%)

11 (44%)

5 (20%)

11 (44%)

7 (18%)

9 (22%)

16 (40%)

8 (20%)

14 (45%)

14 (42%)

8 (24%)

14 (42%)

1 (5.0%)

1 (5.0%)

1 (5.0%)

1 (5.0%)

 5

10 (40%)

10 (40%)

1 (4.0%)

10 (40%)

24 (60%)

23 (57%)

9 (22%)

25 (62%)

9 (29%)

9 (27%)

4 (12%)

9 (27%)

3 (15%)

4 (20%)

0 (0%)

4 (20%)

Overall liver

 1

0

0

0

0

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (5.0%)

0 (0%)

1 (3.2%)

1 (3.0%)

4 (12%)

1 (3.0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (5.0%)

0 (0%)

 2

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

9 (36%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

3 (7.5%)

0 (0%)

2 (6.5%)

1 (3.0%)

3 (9.1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4 (20%)

0 (0%)

 3

5 (20%)

6 (24%)

11 (44%)

5 (20%)

5 (12%)

5 (12%)

11 (28%)

5 (12%)

5 (16%)

8 (24%)

11 (33%)

9 (27%)

4 (20%)

3 (15%)

7 (35%)

1 (5.0%)

 4

12 (48%)

11 (44%)

5 (20%)

12 (48%)

15 (38%)

14 (35%)

21 (52%)

15 (38%)

14 (45%)

14 (42%)

10 (30%)

14 (42%)

9 (45%)

10 (50%)

8 (40%)

11 (55%)

 5

8 (32%)

8 (32%)

0 (0%)

8 (32%)

20 (50%)

21 (52%)

3 (7.5%)

20 (50%)

9 (29%)

9 (27%)

5 (15%)

9 (27%)

7 (35%)

7 (35%)

0 (0%)

8 (40%)

Spleen

 4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1 (3.0%)

0

0

0

0

 5

0

0

0

25 (100%)

0

0

0

40 (100%)

0

0

0

32 (97%)

0

0

0

20 (100%)