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@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Annotate Lab is an open-source application designed for image annotation, compri
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    <a href="https://www.codetriage.com/sumn2u/annotate-lab">
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+  <img src="https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.07210/status.svg" alt="DOI badge" >
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