Time required for microscopic measurement of inflammation in the synovial membrane
| Parameter of inflammation | Conventional microscopy (min) | Computerised image analysis (min) | p value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | range | mean | range | ||||||
| Lining layer thickness | 2.0 | 1–3 | 3.7 | 2–6 | 0.4 | ||||
| CD8+ cell infiltration | 17.4 | 6–31 | 15.9 | 3–65 | 0.28 | ||||
| CD3+ cell infiltration | 22.5 | 4–42 | 12.2 | 3–40 | 0.38 | ||||
| Vascularity | 4.3 | 2–10 | 11.6 | 2–27 | 0.09 | ||||