List of characteristics analyzed in this study.

Table shows names of the 40 characteristics analyzed in the feature selection step by PCA descriptor (a description is included in the Text S1). The 40 characteristics can be classified into three types: geometrically related to the size and shape of cells (1–8), network characteristics of the cells (9–28) and network characteristics of the image (29–40). The network features capture information about the organization of the cells. The grey background marks the 14 characteristics used in the cell correlation assay (numeration is on the right side).