Defaults Module
defaults.py
Central registry of all pipeline parameters, their default values, and the short abbreviations used in checkpoint filenames.
When a parameter is set to its default value, it is omitted from filenames entirely. Only non-default values appear, keeping names concise for typical runs.
Pipeline stages
Padding — load raw images onto a common padded canvas
Boundary alignment — phase correlation + ICP on tissue boundary
Interior alignment — SIFT feature matching on tissue interior
Diagnostics — diagnostic plots, scale estimation, difference image
Stage 4 always generates the five diagnostic plots and a difference image
using the Moffat-fit scale estimate. When scale_percentile or
manual_scale are set, stage 4 additionally computes difference images
for those alternative scales and overplots them on the excess heatmap.