TerminalSegment
TerminalSegment is the branch that ends as a terminal branch. This function returns "1" for all the compartments in the terminal branch.
Function Output Type : Boolean
Calculated : At each tracing point
Returns a value : For whole arbor
Output:
| Metric | Total_Sum | #Compartments (considered) |
#Compartments (discarded) |
Minimum | Average | Maximum | S.D. |
| TerminalSegment | 103 | 103 | (1451) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Values to consider : Total_sum
Output Interpretation :
We use this metric in two different ways. The standard way is to use as a function which gives total number of compartments that end as terminal branch. Second is to use it in the specificity to differentiate the terminal branches Vs internal branches, where TerminalSegment == 1 (for terminal branches) and the inverse TerminalSegment>1(for internal branches).
Minimum, Average, Maximum will always be 1.
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