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.

• Analysis Tools

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

• Release Notes

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

• Request Access

  Click here if you would like access to 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¶

• Share projects with IDEAS users outside your organization.
• Manage your projects more effectively with new filtering, sorting, and pinning features.
• Copy (clone) projects within and across your organization.
• Manage your IDEAS organization as an admin user:
  • Add and remove users
  • New users who have been invited to join an organization can self-register an IDEAS account
  • Access all projects within your organization
  • Edit your organization name
• Reference file and recording metadata when populating parameters in analysis tables.

• New analysis tools

  • DeepLabCut Pose Estimation tool: enables uploading and running any pre-trained DeepLabCut model

• Added features/support for analysis tools:

  • Support for adding behavior videos to NWB files and exporting to DANDI
  • Optimized method for converting large miniscope movies to NWB format
  • nVision Animal Tracking Model: added ability to define the tracking area and occupancy zones, support for third-party behavior movies, and movie series processing

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