Getting started
Welcome to CellTracksColab! Before diving into the platform, let's ensure you have everything set up correctly and understand some foundational concepts.
- Browser: Google Chrome, Firefox, or Safari.
- Google Account: Required for Google Colaboratory.
If you're unfamiliar with Google Colab:
- Google Colab is a cloud-based platform that lets you write and execute Python code in a web browser.
- It provides free access to GPUs and TPUs.
- No setup required.
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Format: CellTracksColab ingests tracking data stored in CSV files. If you can, provide the original movies as .tif files.
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Organization: Files should be organized within a two-tiered folder hierarchy: primary folder for experimental conditions and subfolders for biological repeats.
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Limitations: CellTracksColab does not support track splitting or merging.
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If you want CellTracksColab to be compatible with other dataset formats, please be in touch.
