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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci Methods. 2017 Oct 20;294:1–6. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.10.017

Table 3.

The algorithm outputs similar results to human observers, but requires less analysis time.

Image Type Obs. A, Day 1 Obs. A, Day 2 Obs. B Algorithm
2D Dendrite Spines/μm 0.196 ± 0.0289 0.203 ± 0.0282 0.196 ± 0.0289 0.206 ± 0.0180
2D Dendrite Stubby Spines/μm 5.4 ± 0.815 5.533 ± 0.848 5.267 ± 0.176 5.667 ± 0.500
2D Dendrite Thin Spines/μm 0.4 ± 0.227 0.533 ± 0.185 0.667 ± 0.293 0.533 ± 0.132
2D Dendrite Mushroom Spines/μm 0.4 ± 0.227 0.267 ± 0.199 0.267 ± 0.176 0.267 ± 0.101
2D Dendrite Analysis Time (min) 2.386 ± 0.0628 2.518 ± 0.501 2.518 ± 0.0329 1.236 ± 0.0265*
3D Dendrite Spines/μm 0.354 ± 0.0515 0.355 ± 0.0514 0.356 ± 0.0513 0.368 ± 0.0557
3D Dendrite Stubby Spines/μm 0.233 ± 0.0484 0.238 ± 0.0491 0.250 ± 0.0461 0.250 ± .0503
3D Dendrite Thin Spines/μm 0.0142 ± 0.0127 0.0142 ± 0.0127 0.0163 ± .0100 0.0163 ± .0100
3D Dendrite Mushroom Spines/μm 0.107 ± 0.163 0.102 ± 0.0188 0.0928 ± 0.0166 0.0926 ± 0.0161
3D Dendrite Analysis Time (min) 5.525 ± 0.0165 5.563 ± 0.246 5.498 ± 0.0599 3.593 ± 0.00783*
Primary Cilia Number 27.9 ± 3.553 28.2 ± 3.572 27.4 ± 3.197 27.4 ± 3.339
Primary Cilia Length (μm) 5.633 ± 0.195 5.691 ± 0.201 5.730 ± 0.201 6.005 ± 0.195
Primary Cilia Analysis Time (min) 4.363 ± 0.0438 4.334 ± 0.0468 4.353 ± 0.0520 2.794 ± 0.0327*
Retinal Vasculature Vessel Diameter (μm) 5.201 ± 0.0235 5.355 ± 0.0276 5.149 ± 0.024 5.196 ± 0.023
Retinal Vasculature Analysis Time (min) 59.061 ± 0.117 59.220 ± 0.063 59.191 ± 0.100 21.018 ± 0.479*
AngioTool Algorithm
Retinal Vasculature Total Length (mm) 20.575 ± 1.523 23.186 ± 1.936

Values represent average ± SEM.

*

Indicates significant differences (p < 0.01) from observers