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"...To image a complete brain, the microscope collects about 20,000 separate but overlapping blocks of images, imaging as deep as it can, then slicing away a layer of tissue and repeating the process. The entire brain is imaged in about 100 slices, a process that takes about 7-10 days and generates tens of terabytes of data. Taking advantage of methods developed by Janelia's scientific computing group to manage the large volume of data, the 20,000 image blocks are ultimately computationally s...
Jan 23 2016 05:46 PM