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Table 5 Classification accuracy of machine learning algorithms compared with BioCAT for predicting sex

From: An image database of Drosophila melanogaster wings for phenomic and biometric analysis

Method

Training images

Testing images

Sex (± Standard error)

BioCAT

Olympus 40×

Olympus 40×

85.0 %

 

Olympus 40×

Olympus 20×

50.0 %

 

Olympus 40× cropped

Olympus 20× cropped

50.0 %

 

Leica 40× cropped

Leica 40× cropped

93.0 %

 

Olympus 40× cropped

Leica 40× cropped

73.7 %

 

Olympus & Leica 40× cropped

Olympus 40× cropped

73.3 %

 

Olympus & Leica 40× cropped

Leica 40× cropped

86.0 %

Landmarks

Olympus 40× landmarks

Olympus 40× landmarks

98.2 % (±1.6)

 

Olympus 40× landmarks

Olympus 20× landmarks

81.2 % (±1.4)

 

Leica 40× landmarks

Leica 40× landmarks

97.8 % (±0.69)

 

Olympus 40× landmarks

Leica 40× landmarks

79.1 % (±1.3)

  1. Machine learning algorithms using landmark and semi-landmark features, compared with Hessian features extracted by BioCAT, trained and tested across microscopes and magnifications