Attribute number | Attribute description | Possible values of attributes | Assigned values | Mean | S.D. |
1 | Lymphatic | Normal = 1, arched = 2, deformed = 3, displaced = 4 | 1 - 4 | 2.74 | 0.82 |
2 | Block of afferent | No, Yes | 1 - 2 | 1.55 | 0.50 |
3 | Block of lymph c (superior and inferior 
flaps) | No, Yes | 1 - 2 | 1.17 | 0.38 |
4 | Block of lymph s (lazy incision) | No, Yes | 1 - 2 | 1.04 | 0.21 |
5 | By pass | No, Yes | 1 - 2 | 1.24 | 0.43 |
6 | Extravasates (force out of lymph) | No, Yes | 1 - 2 | 1.51 | 0.50 |
7 | Regeneration | No, Yes | 1 - 2 | 1.07 | 0.25 |
8 | Early uptake | No, Yes | 1 - 2 | 1.7 | 0.46 |
9 | Lymph nodes diminish | 0 - 3 | 0 - 3 | 1.06 | 0.31 |
10 | Lymph nodes enlarge | 1 - 4 | 1 - 4 | 2.47 | 0.84 |
11 | Changes in lymph | Bean = 1, oval = 2, round = 3 | 1 - 3 | 2.4 | 0.57 |
12 | Defect in node | No = 1, lacunar = 2, lacunar marginal = 3, lacunar central = 4 | 1 - 4 | 2.97 | 0.87 |
13 | Changes in node | No, lacunar, lacunar marginal, lacunar central | 1 - 4 | 2.8 | 0.76 |
14 | Changes in structure | No, grainy, drop-like, coarse, diluted, reticular, stripped, faint | 1 - 8 | 5.22 | 2.17 |
15 | Special forms | No, Chalices, vesicles | 1 - 3 | 2.33 | 0.77 |
16 | Dislocation | No, Yes | 1 - 2 | 1.67 | 0.48 |
17 | Exclusion of node | No, Yes | 1 - 2 | 1.8 | 0.41 |
18 | Number of nodes | 0 - 80 | 1 - 8 | 2.6 | 1.91 |
19 | Target Class | Normal = 1, metastases = 2, malign lymph = 3, fibrosis = 4 |