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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Pathol. 2013 Oct;140(4):579–587. doi: 10.1309/AJCPTMA1F6LWYTQV

Table 1.

Parameters for Nuclear Quantitation From Aperio’s Image Analysis Tool Box

Parameter Value
Version 9.1
View width 1,000
View height 1,000
Overlap size 100
Image zoom 1
Classifier None
Classifier neighborhood 0
Averaging radius (pixels) 3
Curvature threshold 1
Segmentation type 1
Threshold type 2
Lower intensity threshold 0
Upper intensity threshold 200
Minimum nuclear size (pixels) 80
Maximum nuclear size (pixels) 1,200
Minimum roundness 0.1
Minimum compactness 0
Minimum elongation 0.1
Remove light objects 0
Weak (1+) threshold 190
Moderate (2+) threshold 1
Strong (3+) threshold 1
Black threshold 0
Edge trim Weighted
Markup image type Analysis
Nuclear red OD 0.730342
Nuclear green OD 0.574991
Nuclear blue OD 0.368763
Positive red OD 0.244583
Positive green OD 0.509334
Positive blue OD 0.825081
Color (3) red OD 0
Color (3) green OD 0
Color (3) blue OD 0
Clear area intensity 240
Use mode Analysis/tuning
Classifier type IHC nuclear
Classifier definition file IHC nuclear training

IHC, immunohistochemistry; OD, optical density.