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. 2016 Mar 21;12(3):e1004823. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004823

Table 2. Macro validation on confocal microscopy images.

NMJ feature Manual count Macro count Significance (p-value) Ccc Average deviation Sensitivity Specificity
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%