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. 2012 Nov 27;13:316. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-316

Table 2.

Performance comparison among stitching tools

Data size (MVoxel) Stacks Tool Use of stage coordinates Memory peak Tstitchinga Tdispl. comp. Tmerging TI/O Ttotal
 
  
 TeraStitcher
 yes
 200
 4
 2
 2
 7
 11
 
  
 Fiji
 yes
 450
 45
 20
 25
 8
 53
 
  
 Fiji
 no
 1400
 99
 75
 24
 3
 102
100
 2×200 slices
 XuvStitch
 yes
 400
 n.a.
 4
 16
 n.a.
 20
 
  
 XuvStitch
 no
 950
 n.a.
 22
 16
 n.a.
 38
 
  
 iStitch
 no
 600
 11
 n.a.
 n.a.
 n.a.
 17
 
  
 TeraStitcher
 yes
 300
 8
 4
 4
 12
 20
 
  
 Fiji
 yes
 1300
 132
 62
 71
 13
 145
200
 4×200 slices
 XuvStitch
 yes
 500
 n.a.
 6
 28
 n.a.
 34
 
  
 iStitch
 no
 662
 37
 n.a.
 n.a.
 n.a.
 46
 
  
 TeraStitcher
 yes
 300
 35
 23
 12
 32
 20
 
  
 Fiji
 yes
 > 3000
 n.a.
 113
 n.a.
 n.a.
 n.a.
600
 4×600 slices
 XuvStitch
 yes
 1200
 n.a.
 18
 80
 n.a.
 34
    iStitch no 1900 143 n.a. n.a. n.a. 46

In this table we report a comparison of execution times (in seconds) and memory peaks (in MB) between TeraStitcher and the state-of-the art stitching tools when stitching Megavoxel-sized datasets.

aTime spent in stitching, net of I/O.