Table 1 Quantitative assessment of tissue volume, artery volume and artery density from vaginal tissue segmentation.

From: Micro-computed tomography to visualize preserved vascular architecture in decellularized human vaginal tissue: explorative study

Sample

VOI (mm3)

Tissue volume (mm3)

Artery volume (mm3)

Artery density (%)

Weighted mean artery density = 8.75%;

 Control 1

1.87 × 2.45 × 1.0

2.02

0.17

8.49

 Control 2

5* (1 × 0.49 × 0.94)

0.42

0.04

12.03

 Control 3

5* (1 × 0.49 × 0.94)

0.44

0.03

5.97

Weighted mean artery density = 8.68%;

 DC mesoderm 1

1.87 × 2.45 × 1.0

2.40

0.23

9.39

 DC mesoderm 2

5* (1 × 0.49 × 0.94)

0.42

0.03

8.26

 DC mesoderm 3

5* (1 × 0.49 × 0.94)

0.40

0.03

7.69

Weighted mean artery density = 8.87%;

 DC ectoderm 1

1.87 × 2.45 × 1.0

4.08

0.38

9.39

 DC ectoderm 2

5* (1 × 0.49 × 0.94)

0.42

0.04

10.07

 DC ectoderm 3

5* (1 × 0.49 × 0.94)

0.44

0.03

6.65

  1. Quantitative analysis was performed on a large 4.6 mm3 tissue segmentation for animation and 10 additional volumes from two other biological replicas. These additional volumes, with 5 volumes per biological replica, were of 1 × 0.49 × 0.935 mm3 = 0.46 mm3 in size each.
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