Research Article

A Practical Deep Learning Model in Differentiating Pneumonia-Type Lung Carcinoma from Pneumonia on CT Images: ResNet Added with Attention Mechanism

Table 1

Summary of training and independent testing datasets.

Training setIndependent testing set
ParameterPTLCPneumoniaPTLCPneumonia
value value

No. of patients88 (43.6)114 (56.4)43 (43)57 (57)
Male patients40 (19.8)68 (33.7)0.55027 (27.0)33 (33.0)0.468
Age (y) 68.23 ± 12.4666.28 ± 16.160.34769.42 ± 16.5469.34 ± 15.210.424
Pathology examinationAdenocarcinoma, n = 67; squamous cell carcinomas, n = 14; small cell undifferentiated carcinoma, n = 7Bacterial pneumonia, n = 24; viral pneumonia, n = 11; CAP, n = 79Adenocarcinoma, n = 33; squamous cell carcinomas, n = 7; small cell undifferentiated carcinoma, n = 3Bacterial pneumonia, n = 16; viral pneumonia, n = 7; CAP, n = 34

Values in parentheses are percentages. PTLC, pneumonic-type lung carcinoma; CAP, community-acquired pneumonia. Ages are reported as means ± standard deviations.