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=Main Dialog=
==Menu Commands==
===File===
Lists commands for I/O operations. Most are self-explanatory. Noteworthy:
* {{bc|Choose Tracing Image|}} TBD
* {{bc|Import| Labels (AmiraMesh)}} TBD
* {{bc|Import| Remote Databases|}} TBD
* {{bc|Export (All Paths)}} TBD
===Utilities===
* {{bc|Choose Tracing Image|}} TBD
* {{bc|Import| Labels (AmiraMesh)}} TBD
* {{bc|Import| Remote Databases|}} TBD
* {{bc|Export (All Paths)}} TBD
===Scripts===
TBD
===View===
Contains commands for organizing tracing views on screen, plus commands for displaying cached data used for auto-tracing.


==Main Tab==
This home tab aggregated widgets for tracing and frequent operations.

===Cursor Auto-snapping===
'''Enable Snapping checkbox''' If active (the default) the cursor snaps to the brightest voxel in its vicinity (Toggling shortcut: {{Key|S}}). To accomplish this, SNT takes the cuboid of the specified dimensions (in pixels) centered on the current cursor position and searches quickly for local maxima in that neighborhood, moving the cursor to that position. The Z-plane in which the maximum was found is automatically selected if the "Z" parameter is greater than 0. Noteworthy:
* This feature assumes the signal is brighter than the background as typically found in fluorescent images.[[File:cursor-snap.png|right|border]]
* If multiple maxima exist (e.g., when the signal is saturated), it snaps to their centroid.
* To streamline the computation:  XYZ dimensions are constrained to even numbers and limited range.
* Snapping occurs in 2D (i.e., in the active plane) if Z=0.
* The XZ, ZY views are synchronized when 3D snapping is active (i.e., Z>0).

===Auto-tracing===
[[File:SNT-auto-tracing.png|right|thumb]]
'''Enable A* search algorithm''' By default, SNT uses the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A*_search_algorithm A* search] to automatically trace paths between two manually selected points. To manually place nodes in a path, toggle this feature off. Note that it is also possible to enable other algorithms through the installation of SNT add-ons. See [[SNT: Tubular Geodesics|Tubular Geodesics]] for details.

'''Hessian-based analysis''' (Toggling shortcut: {{Key|H}}) A quick way to improve the quality and efficiency of the pathfinding is to enable this feature, in which paths are computed after filtering the image for tube-like structures. Upon such filtering, SNT will use a measure of [[Tubeness]] at each point of the image to define the best path through it, based on eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessian_matrix Hessian matrix]. The later can be used to infer the likelihood that a point in the image belongs to a tube-like structure. This concept is also known as ''vesselness'' or ''neuriteness''.

'''Hessian options''' (Specified in the ''gear'' drop-down menu) may be chosen ''Manually'' (if you already have a quantitative understanding of the image) or ''Visually'' (generally more intuitive). Hessian analysis requires two parameters to be specified:
* '''Sigma''' Controls the spatial scale of the filter. A  lower ''sigma'' (σ) will capture small scale structure but is more sensitive to noise. A larger σ will consider larger scale structures but is less sensitive to local shape characteristics. It is generally advised to pick a value which reflects the average radius of the structures to be traced. It corresponds to the standard deviation of the 3D Gaussian kernel used to smooth the image prior to ''Tubeness''  filtering
* '''Maximum''' The maximum pixel intensity on the ''Tubeness'' image beyond which the cost function for A* search is minimized.
If you choose ''Visually'', the dialog will prompt you to click on a representative region of the image which has meaningful structure. Once you click there, a 9-square palette is generated showing increasing values of sigma (from top-left to bottom-right) applied to that region of the image. The palette is an image stack which can be scrolled through with the mouse wheel.
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%" |Adusting max
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| [[Image:Sigma-palette-location.png|thumb|200px]]
| [[Image:Sigma-palette-max.png|none|thumb|200px]]
| [[Image:Sigma-palette-mid.png|none|thumb|200px]]
| [[Image:Sigma-palette-min.png|none|thumb|200px]]
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|style="text-align:center;font-size:90%" | 
|style="text-align:center;font-size:90%" |Oversaturated
|style="text-align:center;font-size:90%" |Default
|style="text-align:center;font-size:90%" |Undersaturated
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|colspan="4" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%" |Choosing ''sigma'' and ''max.'' parameters visually for hessian analysis from a representative region in the image (orange box). With saturated ''max'', the cost function for A* search is equivalent across the signal. Also, note how lower sigma values cause the axon to be dimmer on the center and brighter on the edges, while higher sigma values eliminate detail from the structure.
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Experiment with different ''Adjusted max.'' values to find a setting which captures the structures you are interested in while taking care to avoid over or under-saturation. In the former case, the search might consider pixels outside of the tubular structures, giving a less accurate result. In the latter case, the search might take significantly longer, since each pixel will carry greater cost than is reasonable. It is usually safe to choose a value somewhere near the default. Once you have chosen this value, click on the square in the palette with the sigma that best fits your application (its border will turn green) then press "Apply". The parameters will be transferred to the interface and a Gaussian convolution will be run over the image, which may take some time depending on its size. Once it's done, pathfinding will occur on the Hessian (a.k.a. ''Tubeness'') image.

Other options are also available in the ''gear'' drop-down menu:
* '''Cache All Hessian Computations''' By default SNT computes the Hessian matrix on a "compute-as-you-go" basis, which saves memory but increases the pathfinding time. If you have enough RAM, you can use this option to compute once the matrix and for the full image and cache the result, which in certain cases, can lead to almost-instantaneous searches. Note that this computation adopts the current values of sigma and max. reported in the widget, so you should adjust those before running this command.

* '''Flush Cached Data''' Removes cached data from memory
* '''Load Precomputed "Tubeness Image"''' This (advanced) option prompts you to load a file of a ''Tubeness image'' generated elsewhere. This is useful if e.g., you want o experiment algorithms from other software packages, or your own. Note that loaded image is assumed to have compatible dimensions with the image currently being traced.
* '''Show Cached "Tubeness Image"''' Displays the ''Tubeness'' data currently cached. Useful for debugging purposes. Also mirrored in {{bc | View | Show Cached/Loaded Hessian (Tubeness) Image}}.
[[File:original-hessian-side-by-side.png|center|thumb|600px|Original (left) and Hessian (right) TBD: Replace with MIPs]]

===Tracing on Filtered Image===
This is one of SNT's most advanced features. [[#Auto-tracing|Hessian-based analysis]] provides a convenient and easy way to perform auto-tracing on pre-process data in which voxels defining the traced structure are scored by their likelihood of ''belonging'' to a tube-like structure. However, it is just one approach for "tubeness" classification. What if your data requires different filtering?, or you want to experiment with other approaches?, or the perfect pre-processing algorithm for your images is not yet available in ImageJ? ''Tracing on Filtered Image'' is the answer to these questions: It allows you to feed SNT with pre-processed data on which the A*star search will operate. Here are two specific usages for this option:
*'''Frangi ''Vesselness'' filtering''' For certain datasets Frangi filtering ([https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%252FBFb0056195.pdf Frangi et al. 1998]) is more effective than [[Tubeness]] at enhancing tube-like structures in the image. However, it is more computation intensive, and thus, less suitable to be adopted by the "compute-as-needed" approach used in Hessian-based analysis. Thus, one can import a pre-computed Frangi-filtered image using this option.
*'''Hessian-analysis at multiple scales''' Let's consider a structure formed simultaneously by very thick and very thin processes. To trace it one would need to adjust continuously the sigma parameter while tracing. Instead, to trace structures of variable diameters more effectively, the Hessian image associated with the second sigma could be loaded as ''Filtered Image''.
*'''Adopting probability maps''' Pre-classified images (using e.g., machine learning) could also be loaded here.

Importantly, this option can be toggled at will, during tracing. Indeed, one can ping-pong between ''filtered image'' and tracing image simply, by pressing {{key|I}}, the shortcut for the ''Trace on filtered '''I'''mage'' checkbox.

'''Filtered Image options''' can be specified in the ''gear'' drop-down menu, including commands for Loading/displaying the image file and the powerful ''Generate Filtered Image'' command:

TBD

See the [[SNT:_Step-By-Step_Instructions#Generating_Filtered_Images|Generating Filtered Images walk-through]] for more details.

===Filters for Visibility of Paths===
By default, the entire path is projected onto the current Z-slice. This is useful to see how much has been completed and gives a sense of the overall structure of the reconstruction. However, SNT provides 3 additional visibility options for paths:
[[File:Path-visibility-filters.png|right|thumb|"Filters for visibility of paths" widget]]
# '''Only selected paths (hide deselected)''' Only show paths that have been manually selected in the Path Manager or with the {{Key|G}} key ({{Key|Shift}}+{{Key|G}} to select multiple paths).
# '''Only nodes within X nearby Z-slices''' Only highlight nodes within X number of Z-slices on either side of the current slice. The projected skeletons of all paths remain visible.
# '''Only paths from active channel/frame''' If tracing on a multichannel image or an image with a time axis, only show paths from the active channel or frame.
Any combination of these options may be toggled simultaneously.

===Default Path Colors===
[[File:Default-path-colors.png|right|thumb|300px|]]
[[File:CMYK-color-model.png|right|thumb|300px|CMYK color selection UI]]
By default, finished paths are colored by their selection status (only selected paths can be edited, or extended). The default colors are <font color="#00FF00">Green</font>  (selected paths) and <font color="#FF00FF">Magenta</font>  (deselected). Default colors can be customized by pressing the respective button in the widget and using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMYK_color_model CMYK color chooser]. For customizing unconfirmed and temporary paths, see the ''Colors'' option in the [[#UI_Interaction|UI Interaction]] widget.

'''Enforce default colors (ignore color tags)''' If active, SNT will force all paths to conform to the default "Selected" and "Deselected" color buttons. Any custom color tags will be ignored until the option is toggled off.

{{Tip| id = coloring-paths|tip = The [[#Path Manager|Path Manager]] offers several ways to colorize Paths: 1) Using {{bc | Tag | Color}} swatches (custom colors can be temporarily assigned to empty swatches, by right-clinking on them) or 2) Using {{bc|Analyze|Color Coding}}, providing morphometric-based [[SNT:_Overview#Analyze|color mapping]]. Note that Path Manager commands are applied to all paths if no no path(s) are selected.
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<ul> 
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:Path-manager-color-tag.png|none|thumb|200px|Color tagging]] </li>
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:Color-tag-result-2.png|none|thumb|200px|Arbitrary path coloring]] </li>
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:Color-tag-result-image.png|none|thumb|200px|Result]] </li>
</ul>
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==Options Tab==
This tab aggregated widgets for advanced settings.

===Data Source===
[[File:SNT-data-source-widget.png|right|thumb|"Data Source" widget]]
If tracing on a multi-dimensional image (i.e., one with multiple data channels and/or a time axis), a particular channel/frame can be loaded into the views by selecting each and pressing the "Reload" button.

===Views===
[[File:SNT-views-widget.png|right|thumb|]]
* '''Overlay MIP(s) at X% opacity''' Overlays the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_intensity_projection Maximum Intensity Projection] of the image "over" the image canvas at the specified opacity. Overlaid projection is only used as a visualization aid and is ignored by the auto-tracing algorithms. It is rendered using the LUT of the channel currently being traced. To reload the overlay (e.g., in case the image being traced changes during a tracing session) toggle the checkbox twice.
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<ul> 
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:OP1-without-MIP.png|none|thumb|250px|Image without MIP overlay]] </li>
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:OP1-with-MIP.png|none|thumb|250px|Image with MIP overlay at 30%]] </li>
</ul>
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* '''Draw diameters in XY view''' Displays the stored diameter (if any) in the XY view for all existing nodes. Each diameter is drawn as a line segment with length = diameter, which is bisected by the orthogonal tangent vector to the path at that node.
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<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:Draw-diameters-disabled.png|none|thumb|200px|Draw diameters - disabled]] </li>
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:Draw-diameters-enabled.png|none|thumb|200px|Draw diameters - enabled]] </li>
</ul>
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* '''Apply zoom changes to all views''' If a zoom change is applied to any one of the XY, ZY or XZ views, apply the same change to the two other views if they are open. Since in ImageJ zooming may resize the image window, you can use {{bc|Views|Arrange Views}} to reset their positions
* '''Resize Canvas''' If using a display canvas to view reconstructions, reset its dimensions to the default. (Currently, this command is only available for display canvases, to resize an image go to IJ's command {{ bc | Image | Adjust | Canvas Size...}}
* '''Display ZY/XZ views''' If currently using the XY only view, display the ZY and XZ views as well.

===Temporary Paths===
[[File:SNT-temporary-paths-dialog.png|right|thumb|"Temporary Paths" widget]]
* '''Confirm temporary segments''' If active, prompts for either confirmation or denial of whether or not to keep an unconfirmed path segment. If inactive, automatically confirms the path segment created on each left-click after starting a path (first click). Applies to both auto-traced and manually traced path segments. The following two settings are only toggle-able when this setting is active.
** '''Pressing 'Y' twice finishes path''' Finish a temporary path on two successive {{key|Y}} key presses.
** '''Pressing 'N' twice cancels path''' Discard a temporary or unconfirmed path, including the start node, on two successive {{key|N}} key presses.

===UI Interaction===
[[File:SNT-UI-interaction-widget.png|right|thumb|]]
* '''Colors''' Specifies how components should be rendered, including:
**'''Canvas annotations''' The label shown on the top-left corner of the views indicating the state of the UI ("Tracing Paused", "Choosing Sigma", etc.)
**'''Fills''' The pixels that have been reached by the Fill search
**'''Unconfirmed''' and '''Temporary''' paths.
* '''Path nodes rendering scale''' (default scale is inferred from current zoom level) Adjusts the radius of the circles representing path nodes. A path node is rendered as a circle centered at the XYZ coordinate of the point annotation.
* '''Activate canvas on mouse hovering''' If active, moving the mouse cursor over the any of the views automatically brings the view window into focus, allowing it to receive input.

===Misc===
* '''Skip confirmation dialogs''' If active, forgoes the ''Are you sure?'' prompt preceding major actions. Note that this option does not apply to irreversible actions such as deleting paths.
* '''Debug mode''' If active, logs detailed information about actions in the console.
* '''Preferences...''' Allows setting other options, namely:
** Whether the position of dialogs should be remembered across restarts
** Whether [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip Gzip] compression (lossless) should be used to reduce the storage footprint of ".traces" files.
** "Reset Preferences..." Allows the reset of all options to their defaults. A restart of SNT may be required for changes to take effect.

== 3D Tab ==
[[File:SNT-3D-Tab.png|right|thumb|300px|"3D" menu tab]]
This tab aggregates widgets related to 3D interaction.
===Reconstruction Viewer===
The Reconstruction Viewer is an advanced OpenGL visualization tool. For performance reasons, some Path Manager changes may need to be synchronized manually from RV controls. To open Reconstruction Viewer with the currently loaded tracings, press ''Open Reconstruction Viewer''. For more information, see the Reconstruction Viewer wiki page.
===Legacy 3D Viewer===
The Legacy 3D Viewer is a functional tracing canvas but it depends on outdated services that are now deprecated. It may not function reliably on recent operating systems. For usage instructions, see [[SNT:_Step-By-Step_Instructions#Legacy_3D_Viewer|Legacy 3D Viewer]]
===SciView=== 
[[SciView|SciView]] is IJ2's modern replacement for the Legacy 3D Viewer providing 3D visualization and virtual reality capabilities for both images and meshes. It is not yet available in SNT.
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=Contextual Menu=
Right-clicking on any of the image views will bring up a menu with various editing tools. The corresponding keyboard shortcuts are shown to the right of each option.
[[Image:SNT-Path-Edit-Right-Click-Menu.png|right|thumb|250px|Contextual menu]]
* '''Select Nearest Path''' {{key|G}} or {{key|Shift}}+{{key|G}} Will select the path closest to the mouse cursor. 
* '''Fork at Nearest Node''' {{key|Shift}}+{{key|Alt}}+{{key|Left Click}} Creates a fork point at the node closest to the mouse cursor. Once a fork point is made, the branch may be extended as described in [[SNT:_Step-By-Step_Instructions#Branching:_Start_A_Path_On_An_Existing_Path|Step-By-Step Instructions]].
* '''Continue Extending Path''' Allows continued tracing of previously finished paths. Note only one path may be extended at a time. To extend a path: first select it, choose this option, then place additional nodes as shown in [[SNT:_Step-By-Step_Instructions#II._Pick_A_Subsequent_Point|Step-By-Step Instructions]].
* '''Pause SNT''' Waives all keyboard and mouse inputs to ImageJ, allowing you to interleave image processing routines with tracing operations. Note that if the image contents change while SNT is paused, the image should be reloaded so that SNT is aware of the changes. Tracing views are annotated with the ''SNT Paused'' [[SNT:_Overview#UI_Interaction|label]] to indicate this state. 
* '''Pause Tracing''' Disables tracing functions until this option is deselected. Tracing views are annotated with the ''Tracing Paused'' [[SNT:_Overview#UI_Interaction|label]] to indicate this state.
* '''Sholl Analysis at Nearest Node''' {{key|Shift}}+{{key|Alt}}+{{Key|A}} Runs the [[Sholl_Analysis|Sholl Analysis]] plugin found in {{bc|Analyze|Sholl|Sholl Analysis (From Tracings)}}. Note the ''Center'' parameter, which sets the center point of the analysis, is left out as this value is given by the selected node.
===Editing Paths===
[[Image:SNT-Path-Edit-Right-Click-Menu-Active.png|right|thumb|250px]]
Pressing ''Edit Path'' with a single path selected will activate ''Edit Mode'', allowing use of the menu options under the ''Edit Path'' option. When ''Edit Mode'' is active, moving the mouse cursor along the path will activate the nearest node and synchronize the current Z-slice to the location of that node. Note that the ability to create new paths is temporarily disabled when in ''Edit Mode''.
* '''Reset Active Node''' Clears the active node from the cursor.
* '''Delete Active Node''' {{key|D}} or {{key|Backspace}} Permanently removes the active node from the path.
* '''Insert New Node At Cursor Position''' {{key|I}} Inserts a new node at the cursor position. The inserted node is placed between the active node and its parent.
* '''Move Active Node to Cursor Position''' {{key|M}} Moves the active node to the cursor position.
* '''Bring Active Node to Current Z-plane''' {{key|B}} Moves the active node to the active Z-plane. Note that the translation is only done in Z. XY positions are unchanged.
* '''Connect To (Start Join)''' Allows two existing paths to be [[SNT:_Step-By-Step_Instructions#Merging.2FJoining_Paths|merged or joined]].

=Path Manager=
[[File:SNT-Path-Manager.png|right|thumb|Path Manager]]
The Path Manager dialog displays all existing paths in a hierarchical structure (tree), where one path is "primary" (path 0) and all other paths (paths 1...N) are children of the primary path. The dialog also contains several menus with various editing, tagging, refinement/fitting, filling and analysis options. Paths can be searched by name and/or tags in the text filter, with more sophisticated search capabilities in the Advanced Filtering Menu. 

==Menu Commands==
===Edit===
* '''Delete''' Removes selected path(s) from the Path Manager.
* '''Rename''' Renames the selected path.
* '''Make Primary''' Makes the selected path the primary path, moving it to the top of the tree. Note that this will alter the reconstruction topology.
* '''Disconnect'''  Disconnects the selected path from all of its connections (Undoable operation)
* '''Merge''' Merges the selected paths (at least two) into one. Note the starting node of path ''i'' is merged to the endpoint of path ''i+1''
* '''Specify Radius''' Assigns a constant radius to all the nodes of selected path(s). This setting only applies to unfitted paths and overrides any existing values. 
[[File:SNT-Path-Manager-Edit.png|right|thumb|200px|"Edit" menu]]
* '''Ramer-Douglas-Peuker Downsampling''' Given an inputted maximum permitted distance between adjacent nodes, performs [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer%E2%80%93Douglas%E2%80%93Peucker_algorithm Ramer-Douglas-Peucker] downsampling on the selected path(s).

===Tag===
[[File:SNT-Path-Manager-Tag.png|right|thumb|]]
Assigns tags to Paths. Tags are organized in the following categories:
* '''Type''' Type of neurite compartment (''Axon'', ''(Basal) Dendrite'', etc.), as used by the SWC format. It is also possible to pair each type with a color tag by enabling the respective option in {{bc|Tag|Options..}}<br>These tags are considered to be essential annotations and all paths are assigned the ''Undefined''-type tag when created. For this reason they are not eliminated by the ''Remove All Tags'' command.
* '''Color''' A preset swatch color, a custom one chosen from the color chooser.  Note that is also possible to assign mapping LUTs using the {{bc|Analyze|Color Coding}} command.
* '''Image Metadata''' Information on hyperstack position details  (e.g., channel or frame on which a path was traced).
* '''Morphology''' Morphometric properties, such as ''Path length'', ''Path mean radius'' or ''[[Strahler Analysis|branch order]]''.
* '''Custom''' Ad-hoc comments.
Note that only SWC-type tags are preserved across restarts when saving traces in the SWC format. All others require data to be saved in SNT's own .Traces format.


===Refine/Fit===
[[File:Fit-manager.png|right|thumb]]
SNT can use the fluorescent signal around traced paths to optimize curvatures and estimate the thickness of traced structures. The optimization algorithm uses pixel intensities to fit circular cross-sections around each node. Once computed, fitted cross-sections can be used to: 1) Infer the radius of nodes, and/or 2) refine node positioning, by snapping their coordinates to the cross-section centroid. The {{bc|Refine/Fit|&nbsp;}} menu contains three entries:
[[File:Explore-fit-preview.png|right|thumb|250px|Slice in "Explore/Preview Fit" image stack]]
* '''Fit Paths/Un-fit paths/Apply Existing Fit'''  This option will change depending on which paths are currently selected. You can use it to 1) Fit selected paths, 2) un-fit paths that have already been fitted, or 3) apply a generated preview of the fit.
* '''Explore/Preview Fit''' Carves out a region of the image along and around each path node, generating an animated cross-view "fly-through" with the result of the fitting operation. The generated image is annotated with details of the fit: i) Fitted radius; ii) normalized score quantifying the circularity of a node's cross section, and iii) the angle between a node and its parent. 

* '''Discard Fit''' Deletes the existing fit(s) for the selected path(s), or all fits if no paths are selected.

Before computing the fit, SNT will prompt you to specify two parameters:
* '''Type of Refinement''': Either 1) ''Assign radii of fitted cross-sections to nodes'', 2) ''Snap node coordinates to cross-section centroids'', or 1) & 2) ''Assign fitted radii and snap node coordinates''
* '''Max. Radius''' Defines (in pixels) the largest radius allowed in the fit. It constrains the optimization to minimize fitting artifacts caused by neighboring structures. A good rule of thumb is to use 1.5-2x the largest radius in the traced structure. Default is 40 pixels on each side of the path

Assuming you chose to fit both centroids and radii, a fitted path might look like the rightmost image below. Notice how the nodes follow the center line of the structure more closely, and how each node now has a non-zero radius approximating that of the traced axon.
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<ul> 
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:Fit-parameter-prompt.png|none|thumb|334px|Fitting parameters]] </li>
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:Before-fitting.png|none|thumb|350px|Before fitting]] </li>
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:After-fitting.png|none|thumb|350px|Fitted path]] </li>
</ul>
</div>

===Fill=== 
[[File:SNT-Path-Manager-Fill.png|right|thumb|"Fill" menu]]
* '''Fill Out''' Begins the filling process for selected paths. For detailed instructions see [[SNT:_Step-By-Step_Instructions#Filling|Filling]] in the Step-By-Step Instructions page.
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===Analyze===
This menu contains several options which provide quick ways to analyze and visualize numerical properties of paths. 
[[File:SNT-Path-Manager-Analyze-Menu.png|right|thumb|"Analyze" menu]]
* '''Color Coding''' Assigns color codes to paths based on the chosen metric. 
** ''Color by'' Drop-down menu containing the metrics which inform the color mapping. 
** ''LUT'' Drop-down menu containing the LUTs (Look Up Tables) that define the color palettes. The LUTs are those that come packaged with ImageJ. The selected LUT is displayed in the color bar directly underneath.
** ''Rec. Viewer Color Map'' If active, opens an instance of the Reconstruction Viewer with the selected paths color coded with the selected LUT.
** ''Rec. Plotter Color Map'' If active, open an instance of the Reconstruction Plotter with the selected paths color coded with the selected LUT.
** ''Remove Existing Color Coding'' Removes existing color coding from the selected paths.
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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%" |After choosing metric: Branch Order, LUT: Ice, showing the Reconstruction Viewer with the color-mapped OP_1 tracing. 
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| [[Image:SNT-Path-Manager-Color-Mapper.png|center|thumb|300px|Color Mapper prompt]]
| [[Image:SNT-Color-Mapped-OP1.png|none|center|thumb|300px|OP_1 color-mapped]]
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* '''Distribution Analysis''' Plots a histogram of the selected metric.
** ''Measurement'' - Drop-down menu with the available metrics.
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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%" |Choosing Branch Order for the measurement. 
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| [[Image:SNT-Distribution-Analysis.png|center|thumb|300px|Distribution Analysis prompt]]
| [[Image:SNT-Branch-Order-Histogram.png|none|center|thumb|250px|Branch Order histogram]]
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* '''Measure''' Shows a table of summary statistics for selected paths. If measuring multiple tracings, the table can be sorted by column.
[[File:SNT-Path-Manager-Measurements.png|center|thumb|1000px|Measurements table for OP_1]]
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* '''Convert to ROIs''' Allows conversion of paths to [https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/docs/guide/146-10.html#sec:Selections-Intro ROIs] (Regions of Interest). Creates an instance of the [https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/docs/guide/146-30.html#fig:The-ROI-Manager ROI Manager]
** ''Convert'' Drop-down menu specifying the compartment to convert.
** ''View'' Drop-down menu specifying which view to overlay the ROIs.
** ''Impose SWC colors''
** ''Adopt path diameter as line thickness''
** ''Discard existing ROIs in ROI Manager''
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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%" |Converting paths to ROIs with the default parameters. 
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| [[Image:SNT-Convert-To-ROIs.png|center|thumb|300px|Convert to ROIs prompt]]
| [[Image:SNT-ROI-Manager.png|none|center|thumb|250px|ROI Manager]]
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* '''Plot Profile''' Uses the pixel intensity values under point annotations to generate a pixel intensity vs. distance plot for selected paths.
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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%" |Intensity profile for Path 0 of OP_1. 
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| [[Image:SNT-Path-Profile-Graph.png|center|thumb|400px|]]
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</center>
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* '''Skeletonize''' Outputs a binary image that is a topographic skeleton, ie, it generates an empty (zero-filled) image of the same dimensions of the one being traced, then paints a pixel at each node coordinates following the topographic rules of bitmap skeletons in which fork points, tips and slab voxels are determined by voxel connectivity.
** ''Roi filtering''
*** ''None''
*** ''Convert only segments contained by ROI''
** ''Run "Analyze Skeleton" after conversion'' Runs the [[AnalyzeSkeleton]] plugin on the skeletonized output image.
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| [[Image:SNT-Path-Manager-Skeletonize.png|center|thumb|300px|Skeletonize prompt]]
| [[Image:SNT-Projected-Skeleton-OP1.png|none|center|thumb|250px|Skeleton of OP_1, Z-projected]]
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* '''Save as SWC''' Exports selected paths as an [http://www.neuronland.org/NLMorphologyConverter/MorphologyFormats/SWC/Spec.html SWC] file. Note the paths to be exported must include a primary path (i.e., one a the top level in the Path Manager tree).
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==Filter Toolbar==
[[File:SNT-Path-Manager-Text-Filter.png|right|thumb|Text Filter]]
The text filter allows paths to be searched by any characters in the path name string and by color. The name string includes all tags.
* '''Up Arrow Button''' [[File:SNT-Text-Filter-Up-Arrow-Button.png]] Finds next occurrence of the entered phrase.
* '''Down Arrow Button''' [[File:SNT-Text-Filter-Down-Arrow-Button.png]] Finds previous occurrence of the entered phrase.
* '''Balloon Button''' [[File:SNT-Text-Filter-Balloon-Button.png]] Highlights all occurrences of the entered phrase.
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[[File:SNT-Path-Manager-Filtering-Menu.png|right|thumb|"Advanced Filtering Menu"]]
The Advanced Filtering Menu [[File:SNT-Text-Filter-Advanced-Button.png]] provides more sophisticated means of filtering paths, including support for wildcards (?*), color and morphology tag matching.
[[File:SNT-Advanced-Text-Filtering-Text-Filtering-Menu.png|right|thumb|"Text Filtering" menu]]
[[File:SNT-Path-Manager-Text-Filter-Replace-Prompt.png|right|thumb|"Replace" prompt]]
* '''Text Filtering''' Contains options for advanced text filtering
** ''Case Sensitive Matching'' treats uppercase and lowercase characters as distinct.
** ''Enable Wildcards'' Allows the use of the question mark (?) and asterisk (*) wildcards.
*** ''"?"''  Matches exactly one character. For example, the pattern 123? will match 123 and 1234, but not 12345. 
*** ''"*"''  Matches zero or more characters. For example, doc* matches doc and document but not dodo.
** ''Loop After First/Last Hit'' Cycles back to the first/last matched phrase upon pressing the Up/Down Arrow Button at the end of the list of matches.
** ''Display No. of Matches'' Displays the number of phrase matches in the bottom left corner of the Path Manager dialog.
** ''Replace'' Replaces all occurrences of the matched phrase in the path name string for currently selected paths. 
** ''Clear History'' Erases the previously searched phrases in the text filter drop-down menu.
** ''Tips & Shortcuts''
*** Case-insensitive by default. Wildcards ? (any character), and * (any string) can also be used.
*** Press the ''Highlight All'' button or Ctrl+A to select all the paths filtered by the search string.
*** Press and hold Ctrl while pressing the up/down keys to select multiple filtered paths.
*** Press the up/down keys to find the next/previous occurrence of the filtering string.
*** Uncheck ''Display No. of Matches'' to improve search performance.

[[File:SNT-Path-Manager-Text-Filter-Color-Filters.png|right|thumb|"Color Filters" menu]]
* '''Color Filters''' Allows filtering of paths by color code. Custom colors may be selected by right-clicking an empty swatch, which will bring up the CMYK palette. The chosen color is temporarily saved in that swatch.
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[[File:SNT-Path-Manager-Morphology-Filters.png|right|thumb|"Morphology Filters" menu]]
* '''Morphology Filters''' Allows filtering of paths by select morphological properties.
** ''Branch Order'' Filters for paths of branch order in the inputted range. Note that the paths of interest must have ''Branch Order'' tags. To tag paths with their centrifugal branch orders, use {{bc|Tag|Morphology|Branch Order}}. See [[SNT:_Overview#Tag|Tag]] for more information. 
** ''Length'' Filters for paths of length within the inputted range. Note that the paths of interest must have ''Length'' tags. To tag paths with their length, use {{bc|Tag|Morphology|Length}}. See [[SNT:_Overview#Tag|Tag]] for more information. 
** ''Mean Radius'' Filters for paths of mean radius within the inputted range. Note that the paths of interest must have ''Mean Radius'' tags. To tag paths with their mean radius, use {{bc|Tag|Morphology|Mean Radius}}. See [[SNT:_Overview#Tag|Tag]] for more information.
** ''No. of Nodes'' Filters for paths with node count within the inputted range.
** ''SWC Type'' Filters for paths with the selected SWC type tags. Note that the paths of interest must have ''Type'' tags. To tag paths with SWC types, use {{bc|Tag|Type}}. See [[SNT:_Overview#Tag|Tag]] for more information.

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<ul> 
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:SNT-Path-Manager-Branch-Order-Filter.png|none|thumb|200px|1) Branch Order filter prompt]] </li>
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:SNT-Path-Manager-Length-Filter.png|none|thumb|200px|2) Length filter prompt]] </li>
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:SNT-Path-Manager-Mean-Radius-Filter.png|none|thumb|200px|3) Mean Radius filter prompt]] </li>
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:SNT-Path-Manager-Node-Count-Filter.png|none|thumb|200px|4) No. of Nodes filter prompt]] </li>
<li style="display:inline-block;"> [[Image:SNT-Path-Manager-SWC-Type-Filter.png|none|thumb|200px|5) SWC Type filter prompt]] </li>
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=Fill Manager=
Provides controls for all filling operations. It is described in more detail in the [[SNT:_Step-By-Step_Instructions#Filling|Filling Walkthrough]]