Fig. 2.

Comet analysis pipeline. Images of comets are acquired automatically. Identification software recognizes comets in a defined array. Image of arrayed comets before and after identification are shown. Identified comets are labeled with blue crosses. Scale bar is 100 μm. Finally comet analysis software identifies beginning and end of comet as well as head/tail division (dashed vertical lines) and calculates comet parameters. A comet is shown along with its corresponding line profile from which the comet parameters are calculated.