Research Article

Comparison between Manual and Automated Methods for Ki-67 Immunoexpression Quantification in Ameloblastomas

Table 1

Cell counts used to determine the labeling index were obtained with manual methods: manual scoring and DM scoring. The total tumor cell count per ameloblastoma variant and the kappa coefficient obtained for each rater are shown. = (scoring 1 versus 2, 1 versus 3, and 2 versus 3). The kappa coefficient ranged from substantial to almost perfect with in all cases. Digital manual scoring/ImageJ scoring.

AM, (100)Total cell count ± SDManual scoring (1) ± SDManual scoring (2) ± SDManual scoring (3) ± SD = (scoring 1 versus 2) = (scoring 1 versus 3) = (scoring 2 versus 3)

UA15, (44.1)0.8580.7890.8560.000
SMA19, (55.8)0.8880.8330.7230.000

AM, (100)Total cell count ± SD scoring (1) ± SD scoring (2) ± SD scoring (3) ± SD = (scoring 1 versus 2) = (scoring 1 versus 3) = (scoring 2 versus 3)

UA15, (44.1)0.9940.6690.9280.000
SMA19, (55.8)0.9440.8880.7230.000