Original Approach for Automated Quantification of Antinuclear Autoantibodies by Indirect Immunofluorescence
Figure 2
Fluorescence index in samples from the routine cohort (). (a) Comparison of samples with negative versus positive ANA in IIF. (b) Comparison of samples with negative versus weakly positive (titer = 100) ANA in IIF. Indexes were calculated with ICARE algorithm from captured IIF images and plotted for positive ANA patients (titer ≥ 100, ), weakly positive ANA patients (titer = 100, ), and negative ANA patients (titer < 100, ). The box plots show the median value and range from the first to the third quartile. The whiskers extend between the maximum and the minimum indices. Indexes from ANA positive patients as well as those from weakly positive patients were significantly higher than those from ANA negative patients (, Mann-Whitney test).
