Extended Data Fig. 2: Comparative analysis of Airy, deconvolved Airy, and confocal Airy microscopy.

a, Representative neurite images. b, Normalized intensity profiles of a. c, Quantitative comparison of image contrast across the three microscopy modes. Data are presented as mean ± s.e.m. (n = 5 neurites). Statistical analysis was performed using a one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. Significant differences were found between the standard Airy (Control) and both Deconvolved (P = 0.0013) and Confocal (P = 0.0019) modes. No significant difference was observed between the Deconvolved and Confocal modes (P = 0.976). On the graph, asterisks denote significance levels: **P < 0.01.