Layer-specific distributions of segmented cells in Area FG4 (FusG) of BigBrain

This dataset contains cortical image patches of the cytoarchitectonic Area FG4 (FusG), extracted from microscopic scans of the original tissue sections of the BigBrain model ([Amunts et al., 2013](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1235381)), together with manual annotations of cortical layers and automatic segmentations of cell bodies, as well as individual and averaged reports of cortical thicknesses and densities of cells. The histological sections were prepared as described in the original publication of the BigBrain. The cell instance segmentations have been computed using openly accessible code ([https://github.com/FZJ-INM1-BDA/celldetection](https://github.com/FZJ-INM1-BDA/celldetection)) and a pre-trained model for Contour Proposal Networks (CPN; preprint at [https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.03393](https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.03393)).