A comparison of the quality of image acquisition between the incident dark field and sidestream dark field video-microscopes

Table 2 Percentage (%) of IDF and SDF films scored as optimal, acceptable, or unacceptable

Category	Optimal (Score = 0)		Acceptable (Score = 1)		Unacceptable (Score = 10)
Category	IDF	SDF	IDF	SDF	IDF	SDF
Stability	68	50	32	33	0	17
Pressure	73	67	27	13	0	20
Illumination	92	67	8	30	0	3
Duration^a	100	100	0	0	0	0
Focus	98	43	15	43	0	13
Content	88	65	12	15	0	20

^aImages were all cut to 150 frames in length prior to analysis, hence both IDF and SDF demonstrate optimal scores for this category

ISSN: 1471-2342