Updated docs and readme

Author: jmbrown89

HARP_user_guide.docx

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 # README #
 
-## HARP v1.0 OPT update ##
+## Synopsis
 
+HARP is cross-platform application for automating the processing of μCT and OPT image data.
 
+## Motivation
 
+HARP was primarily developed for members of the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC), for standardisation of embryo images prior to export to the PhenoDCC.
+However, it is free for anyone to use and is capable of processing other image modalities and specimens.
+
+## Installation
+
+HARP can be downloaded as a standalone release which can be run simply by double-clicking **harp.exe**. The latest release can be found [here](https://github.com/mpi2/HARP/releases/latest). 
+
+## Contributors
+
+HARP was developed by members the Systems Imaging Group at MRC Harwell (UK):
+
+Henrik Westerberg
+Neil Horner
+James Brown
+Thomas Lawson
+
+E-mail the developers: sig@har.mrc.ac.uk
+
+## License
+
+Copyright 2015 Medical Research Council Harwell.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0