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 - [Toby Hodges](https://github.com/tobyhodges)
 
 The lesson is built on content originally developed by [Mark Meysenburg](https://github.com/mmeysenburg), [Tessa Durham Brooks](https://github.com/tessalea), [Dominik Kutra](https://github.com/k-dominik), [Constantin Pape](https://github.com/constantinpape), and [Erin Becker](https://github.com/ebecker).
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 site: sandpaper::sandpaper_site
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-This lesson shows how to use Python and skimage to do basic image processing.
+This lesson shows how to use Python and scikit-image to do basic image processing.
 
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 Before following the lesson, please [make sure you have the software and data required](learners/setup.md).
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