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 <img style="float: right" width="25%" alt="InstanSeg logo" src="https://github.com/instanseg/instanseg/raw/main/images/instanseg_logo.png" />
 
+## 🚧 Work-in-progress - please wait! 🚧 
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+**We're preparing a QuPath release candidate to make this extension available for testing - please come back in a day or two!**
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 **Welcome to the [InstanSeg](https://github.com/instanseg/instanseg) extension for [QuPath](http://qupath.github.io)!**
 
 **InstanSeg** is a novel deep-learning-based method for segmenting nuclei and cells... and potentially much more.
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    - One model can provide different outputs: nuclei, cells, or both
 3. It's accurate compared to all the popular alternative methods 
    - In our hands InstanSeg consistently achieved the best F1 score across multiple datasets compared to CellPose, StarDist, HoVerNet and Mesmer. But everyone's images are different & fair benchmarking is hard - check out the preprints & judge what works best for you!
-4. It's *much* faster than other methods
+4. It's faster than other methods (usually _much_ faster)
    - InstanSeg supports GPU acceleration with CUDA _and_ with Apple Silicon (so Mac users can finally have fast segmentation too!)
 5. It's portable 
    - The full pipeline _including postprocessing_ compiles to TorchScript - so you can also run it from [Python](https://github.com/instanseg/instanseg) & [DeepImageJ](https://deepimagej.github.io).