title: Ideas how to measure the length of a skeleton using python
body: <p>After applying <a href="http://scikit-image.org/docs/dev/auto_examples/plot_skeleton.html" rel="noreferrer">skeletonization</a> on an image(),<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/YV7eX.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/YV7eX.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>I want to measure the longest branch, or spine of the skeleton using python. ImageJ has several tools that do this job one is <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/YV7eX.png" rel="noreferrer">Measure_Skeleton_length</a>, another is <a href="http://fiji.sc/AnalyzeSkeleton" rel="noreferrer">AnalyzeSkeleton</a>. Any tools or suggestions in python?</p>