StarDist
StarDist (ImageJ) | |
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Author | Uwe Schmidt, Martin Weigert |
Update site | StarDist |
Maintainer | Uwe Schmidt, Martin Weigert |
Source | on GitHub |
Website | https://github.com/mpicbg-csbd/stardist |
Contents
Overview
This is the ImageJ/Fiji plugin for StarDist, a cell/nuclei detection method for microscopy images with star-convex shape priors. The plugin can be used to apply already trained models to new images. See the main repository for links to our publications and the full-featured Python package that can also be used to train new models. If you encounter problems with the plugin, please file an issue here.
The plugin currently only supports 2D image and time lapse data. If you have 3D data, please use our python library.
Installation
- Start Fiji (or download and install it from here first).
- Select
Help > Update...
from the menu bar. - Click on the button
Manage update sites
. - Scroll down the list and tick the checkboxes for update sites
CSBDeep
andStarDist
, then click theClose
button.
(IfStarDist
is missing, clickUpdate URLs
to refresh the list of update sites.) - Click on
Apply changes
to install the plugin. - Restart Fiji.
Usage
Plugin
Open the image that should be segmented. Note, that currently only 2D and 2D+time images are supported. Suitable test images can for instance be found at the Broad Bioimage Benchmark Collection[1]:
Start the plugin from Plugins > StarDist > StarDist 2D
. The following parameters can be set:
Select a neural network model from the dropdown list, which can be one of the following:
If necessary, one can change/disable the percentile-based input image normalization. | |
Adjust the NMS (non-maximum suppression) postprocessing parameters:
If in doubt, load the default NMS parameters of the selected built-in model (see below). The segmented objects can be returned as a Label Image or in the ROI Manager (or both). | |
Advanced options:
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Example of running the plugin, showing the returned label image and ROIs overlaid on the input image (check Show All
in the ROI Manager):
Scripting/Batch-Processing
Please have a look at the Fiji/Jython script batch-processing example that runs stardist on all files of a folder.
Citation
Please cite the paper if you are using the plugin in your research:
- Uwe Schmidt, Martin Weigert, Coleman Broaddus, and Gene Myers. Cell Detection with Star-convex Polygons. International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Granada, Spain, September 2018.
References
- ↑ Carpenter et al., Genome Biology, 2006