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Table 2 Results: correlation table of B-classification results (B-classification from 1 = normal tissue to 5 = malignant)

From: Comparative analysis of confocal microscopy on fresh breast core needle biopsies and conventional histology

Sample No.

Pathologist A

Pathologist B

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H&E slides

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1

5

0

5

4

0

5

2

1

1

1

3

2

2

3

4

4

5

1

1

5

4

4

0

5

3

0

5

5

4

4

5

0

4

5

6

5

5

5

5

5

5

7

5

4

5

4

4

5

8

0

4

5

0

4

4

9

4

5

5

4

4

5

10

5

5

5

4

5

5

11

4

4

5

4

5

5

12

4

4

5

4

4

5

13

4

0

5

4

0

4

14

4

0

5

4

0

5

15

5

5

5

5

4

5

16

5

5

5

5

5

5

17

5

5

5

5

5

5

18

4

4

5

4

4

5

19

4

5

5

5

5

5

20

5

5

5

5

5

5

21

3

0

4

0

0

4

22

5

5

5

5

5

5

23

3

0

2

4

0

4

24

2

3

2

3

3

2

  1. Mismatch is coloured black; 0 = could not be determined. κ-value for broad sense correspondence = 0.61, substantial agreement; κ-value for narrow sense correspondence = 0.43, moderate agreement