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3 +==== This collab is describing the use of the desktop version of the QUINT workflow. The integrated QUINT online service will soon be available [[here.>>https://wiki.ebrains.eu/bin/edit/Collabs/quint-demo/WebHome]] ====
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3 -== (% style="color:#c0392b" %)**Description**(%%) ==
6 +[[image:QUINT_workflow_Plaques.png||height="470" style="float:left" width="1277"]]
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5 -**The QUINT workflow enables an atlas based analysis of extracted features from histological image sections from the rodent brain using 3D reference atlases. **
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7 -**Examples of use are: cell counting and spatial distributions; determination of projection areas in connectivity experiments; exploration of pathological hallmarks in brain disease models. Integration of various data to the same reference space enables new exploration strategies and re-use of experimental data.**
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9 -The workflow is built on the following open access software:
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11 -* [[(% style="color:#2980b9" %)//ilastik//>>doc:.3\. Image segmentation with ilastik.WebHome]](%%) allows the extraction of labelled features such as cells, using machine learning image segmentation.
12 -* [[(% style="color:#2980b9" %)//QuickNII//>>doc:.Image registration to reference atlas using QuickNII.WebHome]](%%) generates custom-angle slices from volumetric brain atlases to match the proportions and cutting plane of histological sections.
13 -* //[[(% style="color:#3498db" %)VisuAlign>>doc:.Image registration to reference atlas using QuickNII.WebHome]]//(%%) is then used for nonlinear alignment of the reference atlas slice to the section image..
14 -* (% style="color:#2980b9" %)//Nutil//(%%) enables image [[transformations>>doc:.1\. Preparing the images.WebHome]], in addition to [[quantification and spatial analysis>>doc:.4\. Quantification and spatial analysis with Nutil.WebHome]] of features by drawing on the output of //ilastik// and //QuickNII//.
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16 -In combination, the tools facilitate semi-automated quantification, eliminating the need for more time consuming methods such as stereological analysis with manual delineation of brain regions.
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18 -[[[[image:Youtube_QUINT.PNG||height="282" style="float:left" width="500"]]>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oeg3qTzLnE]]
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27 +==== Online documentation ====
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29 +[[QuickNII user documentation>>https://quicknii.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html]]
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31 +[[VisuAlign user documentation>>https://visualign.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html]]
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33 +[[Ilastik user documentation>>https://nutil.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Ilastik.html]]
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35 +[[Nutil user documentation>>https://nutil.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html]]                                  
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37 +== ==
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39 +== (% style="color:#c0392b" %)**Description**(%%) ==
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41 +**The QUINT workflow enables an atlas-based analysis of extracted features from histological image sections from the rodent brain by using 3D reference atlases. **
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43 +**Examples of use are cell counting and spatial distributions, determination of projection areas in connectivity experiments, and exploration of pathological hallmarks in brain-disease models. Integration of various data to the same reference space enables new exploration strategies and reuse of experimental data.**
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45 +The workflow is built on the following open-access software.
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47 +* [[(% style="color:#2980b9" %)//ilastik//>>doc:.3\. Image segmentation with ilastik.WebHome]](%%) allows the extraction of labelled features such as cells, by using machine-learning image segmentation.
48 +* [[(% style="color:#2980b9" %)//QuickNII//>>doc:.Image registration to reference atlas using QuickNII.WebHome]](%%) generates custom-angle slices from volumetric brain atlases to match the proportions and cutting plane of histological sections.
49 +* //[[(% style="color:#3498db" %)VisuAlign>>doc:.Image registration to reference atlas using QuickNII.WebHome]]//(%%) is then used for non-linear alignment of the reference-atlas slice to the section image.
50 +* (% style="color:#2980b9" %)//Nutil//(%%) enables image [[transformations>>doc:.1\. Preparing the images.WebHome]], in addition to [[quantification and spatial analysis>>doc:.4\. Quantification and spatial analysis with Nutil.WebHome]] of features by drawing on the output of //ilastik// and //QuickNII//.
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52 +In combination, the tools facilitate semi-automated quantification, eliminating the need for more time-consuming methods such as stereological analysis with manual delineation of brain regions.
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54 +[[[[image:Youtube_QUINT.PNG||height="281" style="float:right" width="499"]]>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oeg3qTzLnE]]
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56 +[[[[image:Quint tutorial video pic.png||height="300" style="float:left" width="487"]]>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-gQigcGMJ0]]
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34 34  QUINT workflow video
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36 36  == (% style="color:#c0392b" %)**Workflow highlights**(%%) ==
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40 -The semi-automated QUINT workflow uses open access software that can be operated without any scripting knowledge.
75 +The semi-automated QUINT workflow uses open-access software that can be operated without any scripting knowledge.
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46 -As the quantifications are performed in regions defined by a reference atlas, the region definitions are standardized, allowing comparisons of data from different laboratories.
81 +Because the quantifications are performed in regions defined by a reference atlas, the region definitions are standardised, allowing comparisons of data from different laboratories.
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