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Table 2 Joint frequency quartile distribution for the number of observations (n) per-quartile for the percent density measurements (PD) from the raw (vertical) and processed (horizontal) image representations.

From: Comparison of percent density from raw and processed full-field digital mammography data

 

PD (processed)

 

PD (raw)

Quartile 1

Quartile 2

Quartile 3

Quartile 4

n

 

[0.0, 9.2)

[9.2, 18.1)

[18.1, 26.3)

[26.3, 100)

 

Quartile 1

52

16

2

1

71

[0.0, 5.5)

     

Quartile 2

19

51

21

3

94

[5.5, 14.7)

     

Quartile 3

3

28

40

21

92

[14.7, 26.9)

     

Quartile 4

1

2

26

74

103

[26.9, 100)

     

n

75

97

89

99

360

  1. PD quartile ranges and cutoff values (corresponding to those used in Tables 3 and 4) are provided under the quartile headings. Observations that experienced two inter-representation quartile shifts (that is, 12/360 or approximately 4% of the observations).