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 # Colocalisation Analysis
 
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 Coloc 2 is ImageJ2 and Fiji's plugin for colocalization analysis. It implements
 and performs the pixel intensity correlation over space methods of Pearson,
 Manders, Costes, Li and more, for scatterplots, analysis, automatic thresholding
 and statistical significance testing.
 
 Also included here are the old depreciated unsupported plugins Colocalization
 Threshold and Colocalization Test
 
 For more details, see http://imagej.net/Coloc_2