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NoelTexturesPy also co-registers 3D T2-weighted MRI (or FLAIR) to the T1-weighted MRI. In other words, at the end of the processing pipeline, all maps and MRIs are co-registered to a common, stereotaxic space. This guarantees anatomical correspondence.

To facilitate the use of this tool, we chose to rely on Docker, a service that delivers software across multiple operating systems (Windows, MacOS and Linux) in packages called containers.

The user needs to proceed through the following steps:

  • Install Docker and NoelTexturesPy (see details below).

  • After installation, NoelTexturesPy will run as a website, accessible via a web-browser window (e.g., Firefox or Google-chrome). The pipeline is installed on the user's computer and does not request nor send any information to the internet. The user will have to "upload" a T1-MRI to the website, wait for the processing to run in the background, and "download" the texture maps.

  • To review the MRI and maps simultaneously, we recomm­­end installing Register. If you are not able or do not wish to use Register (see installation page 10), we recommend the use of ITK-SNAP. Alternatively, you can use any viewer of your choice.