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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lasers Surg Med. 2012 Jan 24;44(3):218–226. doi: 10.1002/lsm.22003

TABLE 2.

Morphometry Measurements on Areas of Brain Sections Taken at 28 Days From Sham, 665 nm, and 810 nm Laser-Treated Mouse Groups

Mouse Whole area
(pixels)a
Stained area
(pixels)b
Area of deficits
(pixels)c
Fractional area
that is deficitd
Sham 1 2,733 2,362 371 0.135
Sham 2 2,750 2,389 361 0.131
Sham 3 2,763 2,342 421 0.152
Sham 4 4,059 3,519 540 0.133
Sham 5 4,062 3,638 424 0.104
Sham 6 4,056 3,565 491 0.121
Sham 7 2,689 2,517 172 0.063
Sham 8 2,236 1,960 276 0.123
Sham 9 2,741 2,439 302 0.11
Mean ± SD 0.119 ± 0.029
665 nm 1 2,711 2,553 158 0.058
665 nm 2 2,726 2,545 181 0.066
665 nm 3 2,630 2,474 156 0.059
665 nm 4 2,569 2,398 171 0.067
665 nm 5 2,470 2,378 92 0.037
665 nm 6 2,448 2,303 145 0.059
665 nm 7 1,756 1,619 137 0.078
665 nm 8 1,658 1,516 142 0.086
Mean ± SD 0.064 ± 0.024
810 nm 1 1,342 1,274 68 0.051
810 nm 2 1,021 936 85 0.083
810 nm 3 1,086 997 89 0.082
810 nm 4 1,143 1,025 118 0.103
810 nm 5 1,367 1,278 89 0.065
810 nm 6 2,890 2,854 36 0.012
810 nm 7 2,743 2,654 89 0.032
810 nm 8 2,699 2,514 185 0.069
810 nm 9 3,150 3,026 124 0.039
810 nm 10 2,951 2,908 43 0.015
810 nm 11 3,008 2,912 96 0.032
Mean ± SD 0.053 ± 0.029
a

Calulated by drawing an outline around the brain section and determining pixel area.

b

Calculated by measuring H&E stained pixel area.

c

Column 1 – column 2.

d

Column 3/column 1.