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Table 3 Overview of the individual object analysis results divided in two groups representing lesions with a size on mammography of 0.2 mm or 2 mammography image pixels

From: High-resolution 3D micro-CT imaging of breast microcalcifications: a preliminary analysis

  

Benign

Malignant

Test

Sign.

     

P = 0.05

 

Total Obj.N

182

414

  

Objects ≤ 0.0042 mm 3 (and larger than 2 micro-CT image voxels)

Obj.V (mm 3 )

0.0011 ± 0.0010

0.0011 ± 0.0010

T-test

ns

Obj.S (mm 2 )

0.0504 ± 0.0374

0.0515 ± 0.0360

T-test

ns

Obj.S/Obj.V (1/mm)

80.00 ± 36.29

73.71 ± 29.43

Independent samples Mann-Whitney U test

ns

St.Th (mm)

0.0879 ± 0.0277

0.0882 ± 0.0315

T-test

ns

SMI

3.13 ± 0.23

3.16 ± 0.2

T-test

ns

Obj.N

93 (51%)

262 (63%)

  

Objects > 0.0042 mm 3

Obj.V (mm 3 )

0.0474 ± 0.0530

0.0152 ± 0.0230

Independent samples Mann-Whitney U test

s

Obj.S (mm 2 )

0.8218 ± 0.7996

0.3618 ± 0.3659

Independent samples Mann-Whitney U test

s

Obj.S/Obj.V (1/mm)

22.86 ± 7.14

29.71 ± 5.71

T-test

s

St.Th (mm)

0.2300 ± 0.0658

0.1684 ± 0.0375

T-test

s

SMI

3.02 ± 0.27

3.08 ± 0.21

Independent samples Mann-Whitney U test

ns

 

Obj.N

65 (36%)

96 (23%)

  
  1. Object Volume (Obj.V) in mm3, Object Surface (Obj.S) in mm2, Object Surface/Object Volume (Obj.S/Obj.V) in 1/mm, Structure Thickness (St.Th) in mm, Structure Model Index (SMI), and Object Number (Obj.N). The %-value = percentage of particles of the full amount of benign or malignant particles.
  2. In volume this is represented by a sphere with diameter 0.2 mm: volume = 0.0042 mm3.