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Table 2

Number of features born as well as the number that died due to different processes, as listed in the first column of the table.

Area-ratio criteria

Type of birth 10:1 5:1 3:1 2:1

Appearance 8728 8834 8922 8984
(48%) (52%) (55%) (59%)

Splitting 6072 4879 3757 2505
(34%) (28%) (23%) (17%)

Merging 2226 1846 1432 965
(12%) (11%) (9%) (6%)

Splitting-off 646 1287 1887 2561
(4%) (7.5%) (12%) (17%)

Emerging 365 259 171 109
(2%) (1.5%) (1%) (1%)

Alive in first frame 1019 1019 1019 1019

Total 19 056 18 124 17 188 16 143

Type of death 10:1 5:1 3:1 2:1

Disappearance 7533 7533 7533 7533
(42.7%) (44.8%) (47.3%) (50.6%)

Splitting 2843 2277 1753 1177
(16%) (14%) (11%) (8%)

Merging 5226 4232 3206 2120
(29%) (25%) (20%) (14%)

Merging-into 627 1255 1869 2486
(4%) (7%) (12%) (17%)

Cancelling 1550 1550 1550 1550
(8.7%) (9.2%) (9.7%) (10.4%)

Alive in last frame 1277 1277 1277 1277

Total 19 056 18 124 17 188 16 143

Notes. The following columns give the number of features involved in birth and death events of a certain type, as well as their percentage contribution to all features that are born, or have died, respectively. The individual columns differ in the applied area-ratios of splitting and merging features or flux ratios of emerging features (see text for details).

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