Towards Automated Three-Dimensional Tracking of Nephrons through Stacked Histological Image Sets

Figure 5

The number of false positives increases with increasing validation sensitivity, resulting in premature termination of tracking. This means only a portion of the nephron is tracked, but with a low error, where error refers to deviation onto an incorrect path. If manual correction is used, the number of corrections required for continuation of tracking will increase with sensitivity (up to , the length of the nephron). This means a decreased level of automation but also decreased chances of error. The graph is merely conceptual.