<s>
ilastik	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
user-friendly	O
free	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
image	O
classification	O
and	O
segmentation	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
previous	O
experience	O
in	O
image	B-Algorithm
processing	I-Algorithm
is	O
required	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ilastik	B-Algorithm
allows	O
user	O
to	O
annotate	O
an	O
arbitrary	O
number	O
of	O
classes	O
in	O
images	O
with	O
a	O
mouse	B-Device
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
these	O
user	O
annotations	O
and	O
the	O
generic	O
(	O
nonlinear	O
)	O
image	B-Algorithm
features	I-Algorithm
,	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
train	O
a	O
random	B-Algorithm
forest	I-Algorithm
classifier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ilastik	B-Algorithm
has	O
a	O
CellProfiler	B-Language
module	O
to	O
use	O
ilastik	B-Algorithm
classifiers	O
to	O
process	O
images	O
within	O
a	O
CellProfiler	B-Language
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ilastik	B-Algorithm
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
2011	O
by	O
scientists	O
at	O
the	O
Heidelberg	O
Collaboratory	O
for	O
Image	B-Algorithm
Processing	I-Algorithm
(	O
HCI	O
)	O
,	O
University	O
of	O
Heidelberg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ilastik	B-Algorithm
project	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
