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-# Segmentation by Detecting Layered Surfaces
+# Segmentation via Layered Surface Detection
 
-Notebook examples of layered surface segmentation.
+This repository contains tutorials for the using the layered surface detection tool. Included is a Jupyter notebook entitled _LayeredSurfaceDetection_tutorial.ipynb_ which contains a short tutorial on applying the tool to a 2D dataset. A Python file containing some helper functions that are used in the tutorial is also included in _helpers.py_.
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+These tutorials will hopefully give you an understanding of how to apply the Layered Surface tool to image data so that you can use the tool on your own datasets.