Table 1 Comparison of features among Segmentor and three other tools [20,21,22,23] that enable manual editing of segmentation volumes
From: Segmentor: a tool for manual refinement of 3D microscopy annotations
| Â | Segmentor 0.3.2 | VAST Lite 1.4.0 | Labkit 0.2.6 | Brainsuite v19.b | webKnossos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available packages | Windows, Mac, Linux | Windows | Windows, Mac, Linux | Windows, Mac, Linux | Web-based |
Image File Format | .nii,.vti,.tiff (single and multistack) | .vsv,.vsvol,.vsvi,.vsvr | .tiff | .img,.img.gz,.nii,.nii.gz | .czi,.nii,.raw,.dm3,.dm4,.png,.tiff (single and multistack) |
Segmentation file format | .nii,.vti,.tiff (single and multistack) | .vss,.vsseg | .tiff,.h5 | .nii.gz | .stl |
2D + 3D editing | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Synchronized 2D + 3D views | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
3D visibility controls for densely packed objects | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Voxel-level editing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Region-level controls (e.g., merge/split) | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Hierarchical object relationships | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Source code available | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |