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Table 3 Description of the neuron feature descriptor extended from NeurphologyJ [3].

From: HCS-Neurons: identifying phenotypic changes in multi-neuron images upon drug treatments of high-content screening

Feature Name

Description

Extension

somaCount

The total number of somata.

No

somaArea

The total area of somata in pixel.

No

neuriteLength

The total length of all neurites in pixel.

No

neuriteArea

The total area of neurites in pixel.

No

attachmentPoint#

The total number of attachment points.

No

endingPoint#

The total number of ending points.

No

branchPoint#

The total number of branching points.

Yes

Avg_somaArea

Avg_somaArea = somaArea/somaCount.

Yes

Avg_neuriteLength

Avg_neuriteLength = neuriteLength/somaCount.

Yes

Avg_neutiteArea

Avg_neutiteArea = neuriteArea/somaCount.

Yes

Avg_attachmentPoint#

Avg_attachmentPoint# = attachmentPoint#/somaCount.

Yes

Avg_endingPoint#

Avg_endingPoint# = endingPoint#/somaCount.

Yes

Avg_branchPoint#

Avg_branchPoint# = branchPoint#/somaCount.

Yes