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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Vis Exp. 2020 Aug 16;(162):10.3791/61654. doi: 10.3791/61654

Table 1: List of descriptors by feature type.

The phenotypic characterization of tumor cells is represented using a panel of descriptors. The red box indicates the descriptors that have been used to predict brain metastatic probability via machine learning.

Feature Descriptor
Tumor cell % extravasated into the niche
Tumor cell Volume
Tumor cell Sphericity
Tumor cell Distance extravasated
Tumor cell Live cell 2D migration
Micro-metastasis Porosity
Micro-metastasis Stromal interaction
Micro-metastasis Age
Micro-metastasis Growth rate
Stromal cell Volume
Stromal cell Distance from nearby cancer cells
Stromal cell Distance from endothelial barrier
Stromal cell Shape