Welcome to IDEAS documentation!¶

Learn how to use IDEAS using the following sections:

• Getting Started

  Get oriented to the IDEAS home pages and learn the basics for using IDEAS such as creating a project, uploading and organizing data, and running analysis workflows.

• Inscopix Tools

  Learn about the analytical tools offered in IDEAS, including definitions of parameters and descriptions of algorithms.

• Custom Tools

  Learn how to upload your own custom analysis code to IDEAS.

• Release Notes

  List of features released in each IDEAS version including platform features, new analysis tools, and bug fixes.

• Try IDEAS Now

  Click here if you would like to try out IDEAS!

About IDEAS¶

The Inscopix Data Exploration, Analysis, and Sharing (IDEAS) platform is a comprehensive cloud-based solution for organizing and analyzing miniscope, 2-photon, and behavior data:

• Organize, visualize, annotate, and store your data on a cloud-platform
• Batch process and analyze data using workflows such as end-to-end CNMFe (including steps from preprocessing all the way to cell identification)
• Quickly gain insights from your data using a variety of analytical tools (e.g., use peri-event analysis to quantify signal changes around a specified time window).

New Features¶

New Inscopix Tools

• Enhanced features and tools for processing multiplane nVista 2P movies
  • Upon file upload, IDEAS will automatically detect multiplane data and extract related metadata.
  • The preprocessing tool will de-interleave multiplane movies so they may be used for downstream processing.

New Platform Features

Introducing Custom Tools! If you have code specific to your lab and experimental design, you may upload it to IDEAS as a custom tool to use within your projects and share across your organization.

See the Release Notes for a complete list of all the latest features and bug fixes.