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From: A quantitative evaluation method utilizing the homology concept to assess the state of chromatin within the nucleus of lung cancer

Figure 2

Comparison of the HV in an image with normal brightness versus a dark image. (a) The HV was higher for the bright images and lower for darker images. (b) The distribution of the HV in 52 adenocarcinoma cells. The distribution of the HV values for the images with normal brightness versus the dark images was 33–84 (median 50) and 19–65 (median 41), respectively. (c) A comparison of the HV after median correction across histological types. There was a significant difference between cancer and non-cancerous cells (Student's t test; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01). Data are shown as the mean ± SD. Sq squamous cell carcinoma, Ad adenocarcinoma, Sm small cell carcinoma, Ci ciliated columnar epithelial cell.

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