Whole-animal neural architecture from a 3D digital octopus

Built as the interactive companion to "Whole-animal Characterization of Distributed Neural Architecture from a 3D Digital Octopus". Launch Neuroglancer into the 0.7 µm isotropic histotomography volume with the segmentation ontology, manuscript presets, and sharing tools.

Browse manuscript presets

Explore figure-aligned Neuroglancer states or open any preset ID manually.

Select a figure

Open preset by ID

Open

Tip: use the floating menu’s Share tool to create exact camera + layer URLs.

Quick start

• Toggle the Ontology drawer (bottom-left) for segment browsing.
• Hover ontology entries to preview; check boxes to lock visibility.
• Use the floating Tools gear for rotation, home/restore, share, and state utilities.
• Press Ctrl+Space to mute non-image layers.

What is this?

This viewer accompanies the OCTOPUS histotomography manuscript, streaming the reconstructed volume alongside a color-coded segmentation ontology. The overlay adds rotation controls, manuscript presets, ontology tools, and shareable states on top of Neuroglancer.

Figure callouts reference preset JSON files (./json/figures/). Load them via the preset box or by adding ?j=<id> to the URL.

How to use this viewer

1. Open the floating Tools menu (gear) for rotation, match 2D↔3D, home, and share utilities.
2. Hover ontology entries to isolate segments temporarily; click to commit visibility.
3. Right-click (or middle-click) an ontology entry to solo its branch; restore from the banner.
4. Hover the volume to see segment info in the floating card.
5. Use Match 2D ↔ 3D to synchronize camera orientations between slice and perspective views.

Cite & Download

@article{sugarman2025_wholeanimal,
  title   = {Whole-animal Characterization of Distributed Neural Architecture from a 3D Digital Octopus},
  author  = {Sugarman, Andrew et al.},
  year    = {2025},
  note    = {Preprint},
  url     = {https://cephalopod.team/histotomography}
}