Figure 3.
Error-bar plots for differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesions in different lesion size groups using new biomarkers: (A) mircovessel fractal dimension (mvFD), (B) maximum Murray’s Deviation, (C) maximum bifurcation angle (BA), (D) vessel density ratio (VDR), and initial biomarkers: (E) number of vessel segments (NV), (F) vessel density (VD), (G) number of branch points (NB) and (H) maximum distance metric (DMmax, tortuosity metric). d=lesion diameter, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. No constraint: Benign (n=316), Malignant (n=211); d < 10 mm, Benign (n=103), Malignant (n=50); 10≤d≤20 mm, Benign (n= 152), Malignant (n=93); d >20 mm, Benign (n=61), Malignant (n=68).