Volume

This function returns the volume of the compartment.

Function Output Type : Real

Calculated : At each tracing point

Returns a value : For each compartment

Command Line Usage Function : "-f14, 0, 0, 10.0"

Output:

Metric	Total_Sum	#Compartments (considered)	#Compartments (discarded)	Minimum	Average	Maximum	S.D.
Volume	1692	1553	(1)	0	1.08951	74.5406	3.1555

*All units are in microns

Values to consider : All

Output Interpretation :

The volume is computed by calculating the area of circle using pi*r^2*h, where r is the radius and h is the height of compartment. The above example, shows the total volume is 1692 microns.

Total_Sum = 1692 gives Total_Sum, Minimum = 0 gives minimum, Maximum = 74.5406 gives maximum for given input neuron.

References :

The compartments that form the soma are not considered for this study.