Deck Spec: 02 Brain Data Across Scales
Session
- Duration: 75 + 15 min
- Outcome: scale-selection worksheet
- Primary sources:
course/source-ingest/module12-lesson1.pptx.md
course/source-ingest/module12-lesson2.pptx.md
course/source-ingest/module12-lesson3.pptx.md
- Figure source:
course/units/figures/02-brain-data-across-scales-selected-v1.md
Slide production blocks
- Title and technical objective
- Key message: scale choice determines what biological claims are valid.
- Figure:
FIG-SRC-MODULE12_LESSON1-S02-01
- Data-across-scales overview
- Key message: modalities differ in resolvable structures and uncertainty.
- Figure:
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- Macro-to-micro pipeline bridge
- Key message: acquisition scale and analysis scale are not interchangeable.
- Figure:
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- Representation transitions
- Key message: volume -> segmentation -> skeleton/mesh -> graph carries information loss.
- Figure:
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- Engineering constraints at scale
- Key message: storage, compute, and I/O become scientific constraints.
- Figure:
FIG-SRC-MODULE12_LESSON2-S06-01
- Historical context and modern use
- Key message: historical imaging context informs current design choices.
- Figure:
FIG-SRC-MODULE12_LESSON3-S03-01
- Why connectomics needs cross-scale rigor
- Key message: incomplete scale reasoning causes invalid inference.
- Figure:
FIG-SRC-MODULE12_LESSON3-S06-01
- Throughput and sectioning context
- Key message: data-generation strategy constrains downstream representations.
- Figure:
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- Pipeline transition points
- Key message: each handoff should preserve provenance and uncertainty metadata.
- Figure:
FIG-SRC-MODULE12_LESSON3-S10-01
- Failure modes
- Key message: scale leakage, over-registration confidence, representation collapse.
- Activity instructions
- Key message: choose a question and justify minimal sufficient scale.
- Debrief and bridge to Unit 03
- Key message: acquisition quality determines what survives cross-scale analysis.
Assessment
- Prompt: choose one question and justify scale + transform + representation choices.
- Rubric: feature resolvability, transform traceability, resource realism.