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StarDist

Star-convex object detection for nuclei segmentation.

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CategoryImaging & pathology
GitHubstardist/stardist
First public2018-06-09 (source)
Paperhttps://arxiv.org/abs/1806.03535
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
PricingOpen source
Tags#segmentation#nuclei
Last checked2026-10-16

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2D / 3D2D, 3D
ModalityMicroscopy, histopathology
Segmentation typeNucleus instance (star-convex)
GitHub stars1,284
InterfacePackage

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