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7 -== (% style="color:#16a085" %)**QUINT: Workflow for Quantification and Spatial Analysis of Features in Histological Images from Rodent Brain**(%%) ==
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9 -(% style="color:#999999" %)Neural Systems Laboratory, University of Oslo
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16 -==== (% style="color:#c0392b" %)Workflow Description(%%) ====
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18 18  The QUINT workflow enables the quantification and spatial analysis of labelled features in histological images of rodent brain sections based on reference atlases of the brain. It utilises three open-source software:
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20 -1. ilastik allows the extraction of labelled features such as cells by segmentation.
21 -1. QuickNII generates atlas maps customised to match the proportions and cutting plane of the brain sections.
22 -1. Nutil enables quantification and spatial analysis of features by drawing on the output of ilastik and QuickNII.
8 +1. [[(% style="color:#2980b9" %)//ilastik//>>doc:.3\. Image segmentation with ilastik.WebHome]](%%) allows the extraction of labelled features such as cells by segmentation.
9 +1. [[(% style="color:#2980b9" %)//QuickNII//>>doc:.Image registration to reference atlas using QuickNII.WebHome]](%%) generates atlas maps customised to match the proportions and cutting plane of the brain sections.
10 +1. (% 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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24 24  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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14 +[[Youtube video>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPkAbSfla_c]]
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16 +==== (% style="color:#c0392b" %)**Workflow highlights**(%%) ====
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18 +* The QUINT workflow is semi-automated, combining three open-source software that can be operated without scripting knowledge.
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21 +* As the quantifications are performed in regions defined by a reference atlas, the region definitions are standardized, allowing comparisons of data from different laboratories.
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23 +==== (% style="color:#c0392b" %)**References**(%%) ====
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25 +Yates SC et al. 2019. QUINT: Workflow for Quantification and Spatial Analysis of Features in Histological Images From Rodent Brain. Front. Neuroinform. 13:75. doi: 10.3389/fninf.2019.00075
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27 +[[www.nitrc.org/projects/nutil>>url:https://www.nitrc.org/projects/nutil/]][[/>>url:https://www.nitrc.org/projects/quicknii]]
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29 +[[https:~~/~~/www.nitrc.org/projects/quicknii>>https://www.nitrc.org/projects/quicknii]]
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31 +[[https:~~/~~/www.ilastik.org>>url:https://www.ilastik.org/]][[/>>url:https://www.ilastik.org/]]
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