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Chapter 5
Figure 1. Classification of angioarchitecture in images obtained from buccal mucosa and mandibular gingiva in HN irradiated cancer patients: class 1 (only capillary loops), class 2 (both capillary loops and vascular network) (supplementary videoclip available online), and class 3 (vascular network without any loops).
Figure 2. Sample images of normal (non-irradiated) tissue from the buccal mucosa (A) and mandibular gingiva (B) in control subjects.
Table 2. Classification of angioarchitecture of the buccal mucosa and mandibular gingiva in controls and HN irradiated (RT) patients: class 1 (only capillary loops), class 2 (both capillary loops and vascular network) and class 3 (vascular network without any loops).
Buccal mucosa
Control RT
Mandibular gingiva
Control RT
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
100% 77%
0% 18%
0% 5% 0% 2%
100% 64% 0% 34%
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