IBL Alignment GUI

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Explanation

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Reference

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    • Interface
    • Menus
      • Image Plots
      • Line Plots
      • Probe Plots
      • Feature Plots
      • Slice Plots
      • Prediction Plots
      • Set Mapping
      • Filter Plots
      • Fit Options
      • Display Options
      • Plugins
    • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Session YAML
    • Input datasets
    • Output files
    • Probe geometry
    • Command line
    • Optional dependencies
    • Plugins
    • Channel prediction plugin
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Menus

This page lists every entry in the menu bar. The plot menus list only the plots for which data was found, so some entries appear only with certain datasets or modes. Hover over a greyed-out menu to see why it is unavailable.

Image Plots

One plot at a time, in the left panel of the Ephys figure. Alt+1 / Shift+Alt+1 cycle through them.

Entry

Shows

Needs

Amplitude

Every spike by time and depth, coloured by amplitude

Spike sorting

Cluster Amp vs Depth vs FR

Clusters by amplitude and depth, coloured by firing rate

Spike sorting

Cluster Amp vs Depth vs Duration

Clusters by amplitude and depth, coloured by peak-to-trough duration

Spike sorting

Cluster FR vs Depth vs Amp

Clusters by firing rate and depth, coloured by amplitude

Spike sorting

Firing Rate

Firing rate over time and depth

Spike sorting

Correlation

Correlation of activity between depths

Spike sorting

rms AP

AP band RMS over time and depth

_iblqc_ephysTimeRmsAP

rms LF

LF band RMS over time and depth

_iblqc_ephysTimeRmsLF

LF spectrum

LF power by frequency and depth

_iblqc_ephysSpectralDensityLF

Raw ap snippet <n>, Raw lf snippet <n>

Short snippets of the raw data

Raw AP or LF data

Clicking a cluster in a cluster plot opens its waveform (see Plugins).

Line Plots

Entry

Shows

Needs

Firing Rate

Mean firing rate along depth

Spike sorting

Amplitude

Mean amplitude along depth

Spike sorting

Dead Channels

Channels detected as dead

Raw AP data

Noisy Channels Coherence

Channels detected as noisy by coherence

Raw AP data

Noisy Channels PSD

Channels detected as noisy by power spectrum

Raw AP data

Outside Channels

Channels detected as outside the brain

Raw AP data

Alt+2 / Shift+Alt+2 cycle through them.

Probe Plots

Drawn on the probe geometry. The channels in the Slice figure are coloured by the plot shown here. Alt+3 / Shift+Alt+3 cycle through them.

Entry

Shows

Needs

rms AP, rms LF

Mean RMS per channel

_iblqc_ephysTimeRms*

0 - 4 Hz, 4 - 10 Hz, 10 - 30 Hz, 30 - 80 Hz, 80 - 200 Hz

LF power per channel in each band

_iblqc_ephysSpectralDensityLF

Ephys Atlas - <feature>

One ephys-atlas feature per channel

The ephysatlas extra and a features file

Feature Plots

Only shown with the ephysatlas extra. Greyed out when the session has no ephys-atlas features.

Entry

Shows

Needs

Ephys Atlas

Every ephys-atlas feature side by side

The ephysatlas extra and a features file

Slice Plots

The image in the Slice figure. Alt+4 / Shift+Alt+4 cycle through them.

Entry

Shows

CCF

Allen atlas average template

Annotation

Allen atlas annotation

Histology red, Histology green

Your histology volumes, when given (see Input datasets)

Prediction Plots

The predictions of the channel prediction models, in a panel beside the ephys plots. Alt+5 / Shift+Alt+5 cycle through them. Only shown with the ephysatlas extra. Greyed out when the session has no ephys-atlas features.

Entry

Shows

None

No prediction panel

Model entries

Predicted regions and auto-alignment (see Channel prediction plugin)

All predictions (side by side)

Every prediction, side by side, instead of the image, line and probe plots (Shift+P)

Set Mapping

The atlas mapping of the brain regions in the Histology figure. Alt+M / Shift+Alt+M cycle through them.

Entry

Shows

Allen, Beryl, Cosmos

Atlas regions at three levels of detail (see Brain region mappings)

Filter Plots

The units shown in the spike sorting plots. Greyed out when the session has no spike sorting.

Entry

Units shown

All

Every unit

KS good

kilosort good units (ks2_label)

KS mua

kilosort multi-unit (ks2_label)

IBL good

Units passing the IBL metrics (label)

Custom filters

Added by plugins (see How to add your own unit filter)

Fit Options

Entry

Shortcut

Fit

Enter

Remove Line

Shift+D

Next

Shift+Right

Previous

Shift+Left

Reset

Shift+R

Upload

Shift+U

Save Progress

Shift+S

Display Options

Entry

Shortcut

Toggle Image Plots -> … Toggle Prediction Plots ->

Alt+1 … Alt+5

Toggle Image Plots <- … Toggle Prediction Plots <-

Shift+Alt+1 … Shift+Alt+5

Toggle Mapping -> / Toggle Mapping <-

Alt+M / Shift+Alt+M

Reset Axis

Shift+A

Hide/Show Labels

Shift+L

Hide/Show Lines

Shift+H

Hide/Show Channels

Shift+C

Toggle layout

T

All Predictions

Shift+P

Next shank

Right

Previous shank

Left

Reset Range

R

Plugins

Entry

See

Cluster Features

Minimise or close the cluster windows

Range Controller

Plugins

3D features

Plugins

Channel Prediction

Channel prediction plugin

Ephys Features

Plugins (alignment-gui-ibl only)

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