Table 2 The top two models for different sensitivity levels, with sensitivity ≥ 0.8052, our DL model, and our traditional ML model (model number 1 (T1) to 32 (T32), and up to 14 variables.

From: Development of a novel deep learning method that transforms tabular input variables into images for the prediction of SLD

Model number

Model

type

Vars

Image

size

DA

CN(RW/CL/NPP/NNP)/

F/R

Accuracy

Sensitivity

Specificity

Recall

Macro

AUC

ROC

TN

FP

FN

TP

FP + FN

1

OursDLM

11

110 × 300

(1/0/5/5)/No/No

0.5800

1

0.4286

0.7143

0.8163

189

252

0

159

252

T1

BRF

13

(0.1/-/5/5)/-/-

0.5367

1

0.3696

0.6848

0.8682

163

278

0

159

278

3

OursDLM

8

288 × 210

(5/0/5/5)/No/No

0.6533

0.9874

0.5329

0.7602

0.8577

235

206

2

157

208

T3

MLP

7

No

0.6017

0.9874

0.4626

0.7250

0.8639

204

237

2

157

239

5

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(0.1/0.1/5/5)/No/No

0.7083

0.9748

0.6122

0.7935

0.8637

270

171

4

155

175

T5

MLP

10

(1/-/5/5)/-/-

0.6367

0.9748

0.5147

0.7448

0.8669

227

214

4

155

218

7

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(0.01/0/5/5)/No/No

0.7117

0.9623

0.6213

0.7918

0.8623

274

167

6

153

173

T7

BRF

14

-

No

0.6950

0.9623

0.5986

0.7805

0.8718

264

177

6

153

183

9

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(1.5/1.5/5/5)/No/Yes

0.7233

0.9497

0.6417

0.7957

0.8662

283

158

8

151

166

T9

BRF

11

No

0.7033

0.9497

0.6145

0.7821

0.8721

271

170

8

151

178

11

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(2/0/2/0)/No/No

0.7367

0.9371

0.6644

0.8008

0.8587

293

148

10

149

158

T11

SVM

11

(0.1/-/10/10)/-/-

0.7100

0.9371

0.6281

0.7826

0.8640

277

164

10

149

174

13

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(5/5/1/0)/No/Yes

0.7433

0.9245

0.6780

0.8013

0.8681

299

142

12

147

154

T13

SVM

10

(2/-/10/10)/-/-

0.7183

0.9245

0.6440

0.7843

0.8678

284

157

12

147

169

15

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(2/0/1/0)/No/No

0.7500

0.9120

0.6916

0.8018

0.8588

305

136

14

145

150

T15

SVM

9

(5/-/10/10)/-/-

0.7267

0.9120

0.6599

0.7859

0.8621

291

150

14

145

164

17

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(0.01/0/2/0)/No/No

0.7683

0.8994

0.7211

0.8102

0.8660

318

123

16

143

139

T17

MLP

11

(1.5/-/5/5)/-/-

0.7367

0.8994

0.6780

0.7887

0.8634

299

142

16

143

158

18

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(1/0/1/1)/No/No

0.7700

0.8931

0.7256

0.8094

0.8667

320

121

17

142

138

T18

SVM

13

(0.01/-/10/10)/-/-

0.7417

0.8931

0.6871

0.7901

0.8552

303

138

17

142

155

19

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(5/0.01/5/5)/No/No

0.7750

0.8868

0.7347

0.8107

0.8664

324

117

18

141

135

T19

MLP

10

-

(1.5/-/5/5)/-/-

0.7500

0.8868

0.7001

0.7937

0.8592

309

132

18

141

150

22

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(5/0/5/5)/No/No

0.7833

0.8679

0.7528

0.8104

0.8666

332

109

21

138

130

T22

SVM

11

(0.1/-/10/10)/-/-

0.7683

0.8679

0.7324

0.8002

0.8619

323

118

21

138

139

23

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

No/No/No

0.7917

0.8616

0.7664

0.8140

0.8562

338

103

22

137

125

T23

SVM

11

-

(0.1/-/10/10)/-/-

0.7683

0.8616

0.7347

0.7982

0.8619

324

117

22

137

139

25

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(0/0.01/5/5)/No/No

0.7950

0.8491

0.7755

0.8123

0.8561

342

99

24

135

123

T25

SVM

11

(0.1/-/10/10)/-/-

0.7800

0.8491

0.7551

0.8021

0.8619

333

108

24

135

132

27

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(2/0/2/1)/No/No

0.8000

0.8365

0.7868

0.8117

0.8630

347

94

26

133

120

T27

MLP

11

(2/-/10/10)/-/-

0.7767

0.8365

0.7551

0.7958

0.8601

333

108

26

133

134

29

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(0.1/0/1/0)/No/No

0.8000

0.8239

0.7914

0.8076

0.8561

349

92

28

131

120

T29

MLP

13

(2/-/10/10)/-/-

0.7933

0.8239

0.7823

0.8031

0.8680

345

96

28

131

124

31

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

No/No/No

0.8033

0.8113

0.8004

0.8059

0.8562

353

88

30

129

118

T31

MLP

14

(1/-/5/5)/-/-

0.7950

0.8113

0.7891

0.8002

0.8555

348

93

30

129

123

32

OursDLM

8

288 × 180

(5/0/1/0)/No/No

0.8050

0.8050

0.8050

0.8050

0.8645

355

86

31

128

117

T32

MLP

8

(1.5/-/5/5)/-/-

0.8000

0.8050

0.7982

0.8016

0.8587

352

89

31

128

120

  1. The main hyperparameters are: number of variables, image size for the DL model and the type of DA. The accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, recall macro, AUCROC, TN, FP, FN, TP, and FP + FN are also shown.
  2. CN, controlled noise; NPP, new positive patients created; NNP, new negative patients created; F, use of vertical flip; R, use of random rotation; RW, percentual variation to rows; CL, percentual variation to columns.
  3. Best value for sensitivity level is shown in bold.