{
  "id": 262466,
  "title": "What do labels mean",
  "url": "/competitions/siim-covid19-detection/discussion/262466",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2021-08-06T18:32:22.559839900Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 1,
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  "content": "<p>Hi, </p>\n<p>I'm training my dataset, and it's looking good, but I'm left wondering what the actual labels MEAN in a medical, literal definition.  Could someone *please * help me out?</p>\n<p><strong>'Negative for Pneumonia'</strong> - Easy enough, the lungs do not have pneumonia</p>\n<p>From here I don't understand what these mean.  Why do we need typical and atypical - why can't atypical just be negative typical?  We dont also have a \"positive for pneumonia\" classification.  <br>\n<strong>'Typical Appearance' \n'Indeterminate Appearance' \n'Atypical Appearance'</strong></p>\n<p>I've read through other posts trying to understand the interpretation of this stuff, but haven't been able to figure it out.  Any help is greatly appreciated!  Thanks :)</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1455945",
      "postDate": "08/06/2021 18:32:22",
      "content": "<p>Hi, </p>\n<p>I'm training my dataset, and it's looking good, but I'm left wondering what the actual labels MEAN in a medical, literal definition.  Could someone *please * help me out?</p>\n<p><strong>'Negative for Pneumonia'</strong> - Easy enough, the lungs do not have pneumonia</p>\n<p>From here I don't understand what these mean.  Why do we need typical and atypical - why can't atypical just be negative typical?  We dont also have a \"positive for pneumonia\" classification.  <br>\n<strong>'Typical Appearance' \n'Indeterminate Appearance' \n'Atypical Appearance'</strong></p>\n<p>I've read through other posts trying to understand the interpretation of this stuff, but haven't been able to figure it out.  Any help is greatly appreciated!  Thanks :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, \n\nI'm training my dataset, and it's looking good, but I'm left wondering what the actual labels MEAN in a medical, literal definition.  Could someone *please * help me out?\n\n**'Negative for Pneumonia'** - Easy enough, the lungs do not have pneumonia\n\nFrom here I don't understand what these mean.  Why do we need typical and atypical - why can't atypical just be negative typical?  We dont also have a \"positive for pneumonia\" classification.  \n**'Typical Appearance' \n'Indeterminate Appearance' \n'Atypical Appearance'**\n\nI've read through other posts trying to understand the interpretation of this stuff, but haven't been able to figure it out.  Any help is greatly appreciated!  Thanks :)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1456010",
      "postDate": "08/06/2021 19:00:22",
      "content": "<p>See the posts by the host, especially the pinned ones. This one explains the labels: <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-covid19-detection/discussion/240250\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-covid19-detection/discussion/240250</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "See the posts by the host, especially the pinned ones. This one explains the labels: https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-covid19-detection/discussion/240250",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1456010,
      "author_name": "novice03",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/06/2021 19:00:22",
      "content": "<p>See the posts by the host, especially the pinned ones. This one explains the labels: <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-covid19-detection/discussion/240250\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-covid19-detection/discussion/240250</a></p>",
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    }
  ],
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    "1455945": "Hi, \n\nI'm training my dataset, and it's looking good, but I'm left wondering what the actual labels MEAN in a medical, literal definition.  Could someone *please * help me out?\n\n**'Negative for Pneumonia'** - Easy enough, the lungs do not have pneumonia\n\nFrom here I don't understand what these mean.  Why do we need typical and atypical - why can't atypical just be negative typical?  We dont also have a \"positive for pneumonia\" classification.  \n**'Typical Appearance' \n'Indeterminate Appearance' \n'Atypical Appearance'**\n\nI've read through other posts trying to understand the interpretation of this stuff, but haven't been able to figure it out.  Any help is greatly appreciated!  Thanks :)",
    "1456010": "See the posts by the host, especially the pinned ones. This one explains the labels: https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-covid19-detection/discussion/240250"
  },
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