Box-Counting Method of 2D Neuronal Image: Method Modification and Quantitative Analysis Demonstrated on Images from the Monkey and Human Brain

Table 1

Box-counting analysis of 24 images of the type III aspiny neurons from the adult human neostriatum. The values of skewness () and excess () for binary (), outline (), and skeleton () box dimensions, calculated by standard and modified BC method. is calculated -value and is the significance level.

Box-count; dimensions				Mean SE
	Standard	−0.292	−1.352	1.43 0.01	4.074	<0.05
	Modified	0.401	−1.930	1.393 0.008
	Standard	−0.335	−1.094	1.186 0.009	0.740	>0.05
	Modified	0.550	−0.382	1.194 0.007
	Standard	0.369	−0.821	1.086 0.008	0.359
	Modified	0.452	−0.992	1.082 0.008

= 0.452, = 0.768, = 2.069, = 2.807, and = 3.767.