Fig. 2From: Local heterogeneity of normal lung parenchyma and small airways disease are associated with COPD severity and progressionBoxplots for topological measures of PRM maps PRMNorm (green), PRMfSAD (yellow), PRMEmph (red) and PRMPD (magenta) across all GOLD stages, “at-risk” (GOLD 0), and PRISm. Plots of (A) volume density, describing class magnitude (relative amounts of voxels) and (B) Euler-Poincaré characteristic, describing class homology, determined by number and type of holes within class volumes. Box plots were computed following standard protocol for box and whiskers; box lines determined by lower quartile (Q1), middle quartile / median (Q2) and upper quartile (Q3), and whiskers are drawn out to Q1–1.5 x IQR and Q3 + 1.5 x IQR for lower and upper limits, respectively. IQR = Q3-Q1. Outliers are defined as points beyond the given upper and lower limits and illustrated as black points with a random bounded horizontal perturbation beyond box whiskersBack to article page