ilastik: interactive machine learning for (bio)image analysis
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Berg, S., Kutra, D., Kroeger, T., Straehle, C. N., Kausler, B. X., Haubold, C., Schiegg, M., Ales, J., Beier, T., Rudy, M., Eren, K., Cervantes, J. I., Xu, B., Beuttenmueller, F., Wolny, A., Zhang, C., Koethe, U., Hamprecht, F. A., & Kreshuk, A. (2019). ilastik: interactive machine learning for (bio)image analysis. Nature Methods, 16(12), 1226–1232.

Authors 19
  1. Stuart Berg (first)
  2. Dominik Kutra (additional)
  3. Thorben Kroeger (additional)
  4. Christoph N. Straehle (additional)
  5. Bernhard X. Kausler (additional)
  6. Carsten Haubold (additional)
  7. Martin Schiegg (additional)
  8. Janez Ales (additional)
  9. Thorsten Beier (additional)
  10. Markus Rudy (additional)
  11. Kemal Eren (additional)
  12. Jaime I Cervantes (additional)
  13. Buote Xu (additional)
  14. Fynn Beuttenmueller (additional)
  15. Adrian Wolny (additional)
  16. Chong Zhang (additional)
  17. Ullrich Koethe (additional)
  18. Fred A. Hamprecht (additional)
  19. Anna Kreshuk (additional)
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@article{Berg_2019, title={ilastik: interactive machine learning for (bio)image analysis}, volume={16}, ISSN={1548-7105}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41592-019-0582-9}, DOI={10.1038/s41592-019-0582-9}, number={12}, journal={Nature Methods}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Berg, Stuart and Kutra, Dominik and Kroeger, Thorben and Straehle, Christoph N. and Kausler, Bernhard X. and Haubold, Carsten and Schiegg, Martin and Ales, Janez and Beier, Thorsten and Rudy, Markus and Eren, Kemal and Cervantes, Jaime I and Xu, Buote and Beuttenmueller, Fynn and Wolny, Adrian and Zhang, Chong and Koethe, Ullrich and Hamprecht, Fred A. and Kreshuk, Anna}, year={2019}, month=sep, pages={1226–1232} }