Table 5.

Manual and automated scoring of images of VEGF IHC staining

	By pathologist					Automated
Image no.	IS	Extent-stained score	Percent stained (PS)	PS*IS	Allred score	Mean intensity (ATM)	Percent stained (PSA)
(a)	Moderate	Variable	60	0.4	6	0.50	0.65
(b)	Weak	Rare/variable	15–20	0.06	4	0.37	0.15
(c)	Weak/mod	Rare	10–15	0.06	4	0.35	0.05
(d)	Moderate	Variable	40	0.27	6	0.49	0.60
(e)	Strong	Var/uniform	75	0.75	8	0.53	0.65
(f)	Strong	Variable	45	0.45	7	0.47	0.46
(g)	Strong	Variable	70	0.7	7	0.22	0.50
(h)	Moderate	Variable	45	0.3	6	0.46	0.40
(i)	Strong	Variable	60	0.6	7	0.57	0.64
(j)	Strong	Uniform	90	0.9	8	0.63	0.68

VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.