Table 2. Macro validation on confocal microscopy images.
NMJ feature | Manual count | Macro count | Significance (p-value) | Ccc | Average deviation | Sensitivity | Specificity |
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NMJ area | 356 μm2 | 355 μm2 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.98% | x | x |
Perimeter | 247 μm | 249 μm | 0.93 | 0.92 | 1.99% | x | x |
Boutons | 22 | 16 | 0.01 | 0.55 | 27.47% | ||
NMJ Length | 108 μm | 107 μm | 0.96 | 0.99 | 0.30% | x | x |
Longest branch length | 99 μm | 98 μm | 0.96 | 0.99 | 0.14% | x | x |
Islands | 1.47 | 1.33 | 0.46 | 0.91 | x | 100% | 93.33% |
Branches | 2.93 | 3.27 | 0.95 | 0.92 | x | 92.67% | 96.00% |
Branching points | 0.67 | 1.00 | 0.60 | 0.83 | x | 92.78% | 93.33% |
Active zones | 250 | 247 | 0.88 | 0.94 | x | 92.23% | 91.26% |