TABLE 3

Impact of Iteration Number on Image Features

FeatureCOV ≤ 5%5% < COV ≤ 10%10% < COV ≤ 20%COV > 20%
SUVSUVmean, SUVpeakSUVmax
FOSCOV, EntropyEnergy, kurtosisVarianceSkewness
GLCMDissimilarity, energy, entropy, ID, SA, SE, DE, IMC, IDN, IDMN, DM, SDNAutocorrelation, contrast, homogeneity, MP, SOS, SV, DVCorrelationCS
GLRLMGLNr, RLN, RP, LGRE, HGRESRE, LRE, SRLGE, SRHGE, LRLGE, LRHGE
GLSZMZLN, LGZESZE, GLNz, LZE, HGZE, SZLGE, SZHGE, LZLGE, WVGLZ_SLZHGE, WVGLZ_NZP
NGLDMEntropySNE, NN, SMLNE
NGTDMContrastCoarseness, busyness, complexity, TS
  • ID = inverse difference; SA = sum average; SE = sum entropy; DE = difference entropy; IMC = information measure of correlation; DM = diagonal moment; SDN = second diagonal moment; MP = maximum probability; SOS = sum of squares; SV = sum variance; DV = difference variance; GLNr = grey-level nonuniformity for run; RLN = run-length nonuniformity; RP = run percentage; LGRE = low grey-level run emphasis; HGRE = high grey-level run emphasis; SRE = short-run emphasis; LRE = long-run emphasis; SRLGE = short-run low grey-level emphasis; SRHGE = short-run high grey-level emphasis; LRLGE = long-run low grey-level emphasis; LRHGE = long-run high grey-level emphasis; ZLN = zone-length nonuniformity; LGZE = low grey-level zone emphasis; SZE = short-zone emphasis; GLNz = grey-level nonuniformity for zone; LZE = long-zone emphasis; HGZE = high grey-level zone emphasis; SZLGE = short-zone low grey-level emphasis; SZHGE = short-zone high grey-level emphasis; LZLGE = long-zone low grey-level emphasis; WVGLZ_S = weighted variance of gray-level size, S direction; LZHGE = long-zone high grey-level emphasis; WVGLZ_N = weighted variance of gray-level size, N direction; SNE = small number emphasis; NN = number nonuniformity; SM = second moment; LNE = large number emphasis; TS = texture strength.