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Table 3 Input data demographics and study dataset sizes, organised by publication date

From: Artificial intelligence for radiological paediatric fracture assessment: a systematic review

Author, year

Body part

Total dataset (patients)

Total dataset (exams and images)

Training set

Validation set

Test set

Zhou [36]

Forearm

226

226 radiographs (59 bowing fractures)

226 radiographs (59 bowing fractures)

N/A

N/A

Malek [32]

Lower limb (femur, tibia, fibula)

57

Unclear, presumed 57 exams. No mention of projections or total images. (25, 50% normal healing time; 25, 50% delayed healing time)

39 exams

(18, 50% normal; 18, 50% abnormal)

9 exams

(4, 44.4% normal; 5, 55.6% abnormal)

17 exams

(11, 64.7% normal; 6, 35.3% abnormal)

England [31]

Elbow

882

901 lateral radiographs (images)

657 images

(500, 76.2% normal; 157, 23.8% abnormal)

115 images

(82, 71.3% normal; 33, 28.7% abnormal)

129 images

(96, 74.4% normal; 33, 25.6% abnormal)

Rayan [33]

Elbow

Not stated

21,456 exams; 58,817 images

20,350 exams; 55,721 images

(4966, 24% normal, 15,384, 76% abnormal)

1106 exams; 3096 images

(516, 47% normal, 590, 53% abnormal)

N/A

Choi [17]

Elbow

810

1619 elbow exams; 3238 images

1012 exams

(780, 77.1% normal; 232, 22.9% abnormal)

254 examinations

(196, 77.2% normal; 58, 22.8% abnormal)

Temporal set: 258 exams

(192, 74.4% normal; 66, 25.6% abnormal) Geographic set: 96 exams (72, 75.8% normal, 23, 24.2% abnormal)

Starosolski [34]

Distal tibia

490

490 exams; 245, 50% abnormal 245, 50% normal

Not stated

Not stated

98 images (49, 50% normal; 49, 50% abnormal)

Dupuis [30]

Appendicular skeleton

2549

2634 exams; 5865 images

N/A

N/A

1825, 69.2% normal; 809, 30.8% abnormal exams

Zhang [35]

Distal radius

30

55 × 3D ultrasound ‘sweeps’ of both wrists (injured and contralateral); Each ‘sweep’ having ~ 382 image slices Overall 19 cases of distal wrist fracture

21 sweeps (~ 6000 images) Abnormal: Normal split not stated

1640 image slices selected from 72 sweeps of 36 patients.23, 64% normal; 13, 36% abnormal cases 990, 60% normal; 650, 40% abnormal images Unclear how this validation dataset was acquired

N/A

Tsai [58]

Distal tibia

124 patients (35 abnormal, 89 normal)

250 radiographs (177 normal, 73 abnormal)

187 radiographs

13 radiographs

50 radiographs