| LEVERAGE PAPER RESULTS SUMMARY | |
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| Experiment Timestamp: 20251124_171430 | |
| WMH Segmentation: Binary vs Three-class Classification Comparison | |
| DATASET INFORMATION: | |
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| Training Images: 1044 | |
| Test Images: 161 | |
| Image Size: (256, 256) | |
| Classes: Background (0), Normal WMH (1), Abnormal WMH (2) | |
| METHODOLOGY: | |
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| Architecture: Enhanced U-Net with Batch Normalization and Dropout | |
| Loss Functions: | |
| - Scenario 1: weighted_bce | |
| - Scenario 2: weighted_categorical | |
| Training Epochs: 50 | |
| Batch Size: 8 | |
| Learning Rate: 0.0001 | |
| PERFORMANCE RESULTS: | |
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| | Scenario 1 (Binary) | Scenario 2 (3-class) | Improvement | |
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| Accuracy | 0.9860 | 0.9946 | +0.0086 | |
| Precision | 0.3462 | 0.6029 | +0.2567 | |
| Recall | 0.9650 | 0.8342 | -0.1307 | |
| Dice Coefficient | 0.5096 | 0.7000 | +0.1904 | |
| IoU Coefficient | 0.3419 | 0.5384 | +0.1965 | |
| STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: | |
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| DICE COEFFICIENT: | |
| Test: Paired t-test | |
| t-statistic: 7.9888 | |
| p-value: 0.0000 | |
| Effect Size (Cohen's d): 0.4778 | |
| 95% Confidence Interval: [0.1090, 0.1807] | |
| Result: SIGNIFICANT improvement | |
| IoU COEFFICIENT: | |
| Test: Paired t-test | |
| t-statistic: 8.5581 | |
| p-value: 0.0000 | |
| Effect Size (Cohen's d): 0.5589 | |
| 95% Confidence Interval: [0.1121, 0.1793] | |
| Result: SIGNIFICANT improvement | |
| KEY FINDINGS: | |
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| 1. Three-class segmentation shows 46.70% improvement in Dice coefficient | |
| 2. Three-class segmentation shows 67.84% improvement in IoU coefficient | |
| 3. Dice analysis confirms significant improvement | |
| 4. IoU analysis confirms significant improvement | |
| 5. Post-processing provided substantial improvements in both scenarios | |
| FILES GENERATED: | |
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| - Models: scenario1_binary_model.h5, scenario2_multiclass_model.h5 | |
| - Figures: training_curves.png/.pdf, comparison_visualization.png/.pdf, metrics_comparison.png/.pdf | |
| - Tables: comprehensive_results.csv/.xlsx, latex_table.tex | |
| - Statistics: statistical_analysis.json, statistical_report.txt | |
| - Predictions: All test predictions and ground truth data saved | |
| PUBLICATION READINESS: | |
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| ✓ High-resolution figures (300 DPI, PNG/PDF) | |
| ✓ LaTeX-formatted tables | |
| ✓ Comprehensive statistical analysis (Dice + IoU) | |
| ✓ Post-processing impact analysis | |
| ✓ Reproducible results with saved models | |
| ✓ Professional documentation | |