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Table 1 Summary of all of the metric data obtained from the structural measurements and the data used for staging purposes. Minimum, median, and maximum values of tissue parameters are given in % of total histologic section area of biopsy specimen.

From: Automatic measurement of the evolutionary process dynamics of primary of biliary cirrhosis

Tissue parameters

Minimum

Median

Maximum

Area of the inflammatory basin

0.026

1.005

6.444

Area covered by resident cells

0.002

0.636

5.295

Area of intra-hepatic biliary ducts

0.003

0.114

0.882

Small areas (10-103 μm)

0

0.009

0.105

Medium-sized areas (103-104 μm)

0.001

0.006

0.033

Large areas (>104 μm)

0

0

0

Area of fibrosis

0.30

1.456

24.4

Small areas (10-103 μm)

0.008

0.092

0.521

Medium-sized areas (103-104 μm)

0.001

0.026

0.203

Large areas (>104 μm)

0.01

0.075

1.005

Neo-angiogenesis

0.030

0.586

3.474

Hemopoietic stem cells

0

0.006

0?

Tissue disorder (TI)

0.072

0.274

0.643