Definitions of Quality Scores for Visual Assessment of Segmentation Quality
Quality score | Level | Definition |
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Completeness of selection | Complete | All visible tumor lesions are selected. |
Missing minor lesions | Missing lesions are < 3 mL and within the selected VOI region (e.g., considered not to influence the Dmax). | |
Missing major lesions | Lesions are missing that are either ≥ 3 mL or outside the selected VOI region (e.g., considered to influence the Dmax). | |
Manual adaptation | No adaptation | No manual adaptation is required. Adding lesions with single mouse clicks is not considered manual adaptation. |
Minor adaptation | Manual adaptation is required to obtain a representative selection of the VOI by removing a maximum of 1 nontumor region. | |
Major adaptation | Extensive manual adaptation is required by removing > 1 nontumor region. | |
Delineation | Representative | Delineation of VOI borders is representative of the visual interpretation of the tumor. |
Underestimation | Delineation of VOI borders is underestimated. | |
Overestimation | Delineation of VOI borders is overestimated. |