# Mouse Brain Nissl Serial Sections — subj03

## Image license: CC BY-SA 4.0

The 132 JPEG demo images in this directory are adapted from the Mouse Brain Architecture Project (BAP) subj03 Nissl serial sections. The original BAP material and this adapted demo image dataset are licensed under **Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)**.

- Project and attribution: [Mouse Brain Architecture Project / Brain Architecture Project (BAP)](https://brainarchitecture.org/)
- License authority: [BAP License and Citation Policy](https://brainarchitecture.org/policies/)
- License: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) ([legal code](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.en))
- Source host: [JHU subj03 distribution](https://www.cis.jhu.edu/data.sets/mouse_histology/mba_project_experiment/subj03/)

The source files were obtained from the JHU-hosted distribution of the Mouse Brain Architecture Project subj03 dataset.

JHU is identified here as the source host. The image licensing basis is the Brain Architecture Project Policy. Neither BAP nor JHU endorsement of AlignRef2 is implied.

## Attribution to retain

Mouse Brain Architecture Project (BAP), subj03 Nissl serial sections. https://brainarchitecture.org/ — CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Source files: JHU-hosted distribution, https://www.cis.jhu.edu/data.sets/mouse_histology/mba_project_experiment/subj03/. Demo preparation by Satoru Muro: every other section (odd-numbered sections) retained, common canvas preparation, and JPEG preparation.

## Changes for this demo

The supplied mouse-brain-subj03-original_samecanvas-halfmabiki.zip contains:

- 132 sections: image0001.jpg through image0263.jpg, odd numbers only (every other section retained).
- Images prepared on a common 1080 × 840 pixel canvas.
- Images prepared as JPEG.

These preparation steps are documented by the dataset provider. AlignRef2 includes the supplied JPEG bytes unchanged; it does not re-encode them for distribution. The demo has not been pre-registered by AlignRef2. No other preparation operations are asserted here.

When redistributing these images or your adaptations, retain the BAP attribution and source/license links, indicate additional changes, and distribute adapted images under CC BY-SA 4.0. Do not impose additional restrictions prohibited by that license.

## Separate from the application license

AlignRef / AlignRef2 source code remains **Apache-2.0**. These demo images are **CC BY-SA 4.0**, not Apache-2.0. Merely using the application does not change the image license. The CC BY-SA license on the demo image dataset does not relicense the application's source code.

## Related source publication

Lee BC, Tward DJ, Mitra PP, Miller MI (2018). On variational solutions for whole brain serial-section histology using a Sobolev prior in the computational anatomy random orbit model. PLOS Computational Biology 14(12): e1006610. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006610

This publication identifies the project and JHU data distribution. The BAP Policy, rather than the article's own license, is the licensing basis used for these demo images.