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    This study introduces AUCp, a new metric for unsupervised abnormality detection in medical images. AUCp improves disease detection by selecting the best model without needing labeled test data.

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    Area of Science:

    • Medical image analysis
    • Machine learning
    • Computer-aided diagnosis

    Background:

    • Abnormality detection in medical imaging is vital but challenging.
    • Unsupervised methods learn from normal data, avoiding reliance on labeled datasets.
    • Current unsupervised methods often require labeled validation sets, which are scarce.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce AUCp, a novel metric for unsupervised and self-supervised abnormality detection.
    • To enable model selection for inference without relying on annotated test sets.
    • To improve disease detection performance in unsupervised and self-supervised learning.

    Main Methods:

    • Proposed AUCp metric, calculating scores based on pseudo ground truth of unannotated test samples.
    • Utilized traditional Area Under the Curve (AUC) calculation for AUCp derivation.
    • Evaluated model selection using AUCp on unsupervised and self-supervised methods.

    Main Results:

    • AUCp effectively identifies the optimal model for inference, outperforming conventional metrics.
    • Demonstrated mathematical and empirical evidence for AUCp's superiority with large normal training sets.
    • Significantly enhanced abnormality and disease detection in neurologic and diverse datasets.

    Conclusions:

    • AUCp offers a robust solution for model selection in unsupervised medical image abnormality detection.
    • The metric alleviates the need for costly and time-consuming data annotation.
    • AUCp advances the field of self-supervised and unsupervised learning for medical diagnostics.