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3 ==== This collab describes 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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29 [[QuickNII user documentation>>https://quicknii.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html]]
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43 **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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45 **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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47 The workflow is built on the following open-access software.
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51 * //[[(% 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.
52 * (% 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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54 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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77 The semi-automated QUINT workflow uses open-access software that can be operated without any scripting knowledge.
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83 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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88 * 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>>https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fninf.2019.00075/full]]
89 * Groeneboom NE, Yates SC, Puchades MA and Bjaalie JG (2020) Nutil: A Pre- and Post-processing Toolbox for Histological Rodent Brain Section Images. //Front. Neuroinform.// 14:37. doi: [[10.3389/fninf.2020.00037>>https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fninf.2020.00037/full]]
90 * Berg S, Kutra D, Kroeger T, et al. & Kreshuk A (2019) ilastik: interactive machine learning for (bio)image analysis. Nat Methods. 16:1226-1232. doi: [[10.1038/s41592-019-0582-9>>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-019-0582-9]]
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92 Puchades MA et al. (2019) Spatial registration of serial microscopic brain images to three-dimensional reference atlases with the QuickNII tool. PlosOne. 14(5): e0216796. doi: [[10.1371/journal.pone.0216796>>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0216796]]
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