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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2023 Jan 19;49(4):951–960. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.11.017

Table 3.

Summary of statistical relationships between the US and cancer cell nuclear spacing measurements from matched histological images and use of different kernel sizes.



Subject Subject average


1 2 3 4 5 H-scan US B-scan US
Kernel size = 160 × 160 μm
p-value < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.002
R 2 0.05 0.18 0.17 0.10 0.60 0.17 0.00
95% CI 0.04 to 0.07 0.16 to 0.21 0.14 to 0.20 0.07 to 0.13 0.56 to 0.62 0.16 to 0.18 0.00 to 0.00
Slope −0.51 −1.12 −1.12 −0.57 −0.94 −0.94 0.08
95% CI −0.60 to −0.42 −1.26 to −1.07 −1.22 to −1.02 −0.65 to −0.49 −0.98 to −0.91 −0.98 to −0.90 0.03 to 0.13
Kernel size = 320 × 320 μm
p-value < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.07
R 2 0.03 0.27 0.17 0.25 0.58 0.22 0.00
95% CI 0.01 to 0.06 0.21 to 0.33 0.11 to 0.23 0.18 to 0.32 0.52 to 0.64 0.19 to 0.24 0.00 to 0.01
Slope −0.3 −1.4 −1.2 −0.9 −0.7 −1.1 −0.1
95% CI −0.5 to −0.2 −1.6 to −1.2 −1.4 to −1.0 −1.0 to −0.7 −0.9 to −0.60 −1.2 to −1.0 −0.2 to 0.0
Kernel size = 800 × 800 μm
p-value 0.003 < 0.001 0.03 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.23
R 2 0.12 0.40 0.06 0.18 0.42 0.29 0.01
95% CI 0.02 to 0.29 0.23 to 0.56 0.00 to 0.20 0.03 to 0.38 0.23 to 0.60 0.21 to 0.37 0.00 to 0.03
Slope −1.0 −1.9 −0.9 −1.0 −0.9 −1.1 −0.3
95% CI −1.6 to −0.4 −2.4 to −1.4 −1.6 to −0.1 −1.6 to −0.4 −1.2 to −0.6 −1.4 to −0.7 −0.7 to 0.2