Table 5 A comparison between previously suggested segmentation algorithms and the Livelayer software.

OCT explorer (Iowa Reference Algorithm)^39,40,41

Almost simple

Freely available

Automatic (less than 10 s)

Including an error correction functionality—editing a boundary on one slice considerably affects other boundaries and slices

Yes

An integrated software package—Accepting various file formats—not very good at low-quality, vessel containing OCTs

OCTMarker²⁰

Almost simple

Freely available

Automatic (less than 5 s)

Including an error correction functionality

Yes

An integrated software package—capable of segmenting very few retinal layers (approximately 2 or 3 layers)

EdgeSelect¹⁶

Not available

Semi-automatic

Not discussed

–

–

Not an integrated software package—only 4 boundaries segmented

SAMIRIX²⁰

Not available

Semi-automatic

Not discussed

–

–

An integrated software package—accepting only one file format—capable of segmenting 9 retinal boundaries

Livelayer (our proposed)

Quite simple

Freely available

Semi-automatic (roughly 60 s)

Including an error correction functionality

Yes

An integrated software package—accepting 3 file formats—capable of segmenting 9 retinal boundaries—Exact in low-quality OCTs