Table 1 Mean, standard deviation (SD), maximum (Max), and minimum (Min) values of the correlation coefficients between multiple contrasts including OCT, LIV, AC, and birefringence of the healthy and early fibrotic livers over all the time points.

From: Label-free functional and structural imaging of liver microvascular complex in mice by Jones matrix optical coherence tomography

 

Healthy liver

Fibrotic liver

Mean ± SD

[Max, min]

Mean ± SD

[Max, min]

OCT vs LIV

− 0.54 ± 0.17

[− 0.10, − 0.68]

− 0.38 ± 0.16

[− 0.16, − 0.64]

OCT vs AC

0.90 ± 0.06

[0.97, 0.76]

0.93 ± 0.02

[0.96, 0.88]

OCT vs BR

− 0.31 ± 0.04

[− 0.25, − 0.44]

− 0.36 ± 0.03

[− 0.32, − 0.41]

LIV vs AC

− 0.54 ± 0.15

[− 0.12, − 0.66]

− 0.39 ± 0.16

[− 0.16, − 0.64]

LIV vs BR

0.16 ± 0.05

[0.27, 0.10]

0.17 ± 0.04

[0.24, 0.13]

AC vs BR

− 0.29 ± 0.05

[− 0.21, − 0.42]

− 0.33 ± 0.04

[− 0.27, − 0.41]

  1. AC attenuation coefficient, LIV log-intensity variance, BR Birefringence.