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Table 4.

Summary quantification techniques to assess capillary networks.

Method	System	Descriptor	Ref.
*Vessel level*
semi-quantitative	CAM vasculature	radius of the growth inhibition zone in 0–4 grades	[72,47]
quantitative	implanted collagen gels	vessel number growth vertically into the implanted collagen gels	[73,9]
semi-quantitative	Irritants applied topically on the CAM	vessel diameter	[74]
manual	Morphometric analysis	vessel diameter and length	[75]
semi-quantitative	fluorescent confocal microscopy	vessel density	[56]
automatic	developing/mature CAM	branching points/mm²	[64] [62,69]
*Capillary level*
semi-automatic	corrosion casting in scanning electron microscopy	capillary length, diameter, density	[76,77]
automatic	developing/mature CAM	branching points/mm²	[64,19]
manual	post-fixation cross section analysis	number of capillary length	[78]