QuickFigures: A toolkit and ImageJ PlugIn to quickly transform microscope images into scientific figures.

Publications involving fluorescent microscopy images generally contain many panels with split channels, merged images, scale bars and label text. Similar layouts of panels are used when displaying other microscopy images, electron micrographs, photographs, and other images. Assembling and editing th...

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Autor principal:	Gregory Mazo
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9f128b23d1bb4ee5af68543f9ac2d38a2021-12-02T20:07:43ZQuickFigures: A toolkit and ImageJ PlugIn to quickly transform microscope images into scientific figures.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0240280https://doaj.org/article/9f128b23d1bb4ee5af68543f9ac2d38a2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240280https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Publications involving fluorescent microscopy images generally contain many panels with split channels, merged images, scale bars and label text. Similar layouts of panels are used when displaying other microscopy images, electron micrographs, photographs, and other images. Assembling and editing these figures with even spacing, consistent font, text position, accurate scale bars, and other features can be tedious and time consuming. In order to save time, I have created a toolset and ImageJ Plugin called QuickFigures. QuickFigures includes many helpful features that streamline the process of creating, aligning, and editing scientific figures. Those features include tools that automatically create split channel figures from a region of interest ("Quick Figure" button and "Inset Tool"), layouts that make it easy to rearrange panels, multiple tools to align objects, and "Figure Format" menu options that help a user ensure that large numbers of figures have consistent appearance. QuickFigures was compared to previous tools by measuring the amount of time needed for a user to create a figure using each software (QuickFigures, OMERO.figure. EZFig, FigureJ and PowerPoint). QuickFigures significantly reduced the amount of time required to create a figure. The toolsets were also compared by checking each software against a list of features. QuickFigures had the most extensive set of features. Therefore, QuickFigures is an advantageous alternative to traditional methods of constructing scientific figures. After a user has saved time by creating their work in QuickFigures, the figures can be exported to a variety of formats including PowerPoint, PDF, SVG, PNG, TIFF and Adobe Illustrator. Export was successfully tested for each file format and object type. Exported objects and text are editable in their target software, making them suitable for sharing with collaborators. The software is free, open source and can be installed easily.Gregory MazoPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0240280 (2021)
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description	Publications involving fluorescent microscopy images generally contain many panels with split channels, merged images, scale bars and label text. Similar layouts of panels are used when displaying other microscopy images, electron micrographs, photographs, and other images. Assembling and editing these figures with even spacing, consistent font, text position, accurate scale bars, and other features can be tedious and time consuming. In order to save time, I have created a toolset and ImageJ Plugin called QuickFigures. QuickFigures includes many helpful features that streamline the process of creating, aligning, and editing scientific figures. Those features include tools that automatically create split channel figures from a region of interest ("Quick Figure" button and "Inset Tool"), layouts that make it easy to rearrange panels, multiple tools to align objects, and "Figure Format" menu options that help a user ensure that large numbers of figures have consistent appearance. QuickFigures was compared to previous tools by measuring the amount of time needed for a user to create a figure using each software (QuickFigures, OMERO.figure. EZFig, FigureJ and PowerPoint). QuickFigures significantly reduced the amount of time required to create a figure. The toolsets were also compared by checking each software against a list of features. QuickFigures had the most extensive set of features. Therefore, QuickFigures is an advantageous alternative to traditional methods of constructing scientific figures. After a user has saved time by creating their work in QuickFigures, the figures can be exported to a variety of formats including PowerPoint, PDF, SVG, PNG, TIFF and Adobe Illustrator. Export was successfully tested for each file format and object type. Exported objects and text are editable in their target software, making them suitable for sharing with collaborators. The software is free, open source and can be installed easily.
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title	QuickFigures: A toolkit and ImageJ PlugIn to quickly transform microscope images into scientific figures.
title_short	QuickFigures: A toolkit and ImageJ PlugIn to quickly transform microscope images into scientific figures.
title_full	QuickFigures: A toolkit and ImageJ PlugIn to quickly transform microscope images into scientific figures.
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QuickFigures: A toolkit and ImageJ PlugIn to quickly transform microscope images into scientific figures.

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