def get_cutout(self, token, channel,
                   x_start, x_stop,
                   y_start, y_stop,
                   z_start, z_stop,
                   t_start=0, t_stop=1,
                   resolution=1,
                   block_size=DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE,
                   neariso=False):
        """
        Get volumetric cutout data from the neurodata server.

        Arguments:
            token (str): Token to identify data to download
            channel (str): Channel
            resolution (int): Resolution level
            Q_start (int): The lower bound of dimension 'Q'
            Q_stop (int): The upper bound of dimension 'Q'
            block_size (int[3]): Block size of this dataset. If not provided,
                ndio uses the metadata of this tokenchannel to set. If you find
                that your downloads are timing out or otherwise failing, it may
                be wise to start off by making this smaller.
            neariso (bool : False): Passes the 'neariso' param to the cutout.
                If you don't know what this means, ignore it!

        Returns:
            numpy.ndarray: Downloaded data.
        """
        if block_size is None:
            # look up block size from metadata
            block_size = self.get_block_size(token, resolution)

        origin = self.get_image_offset(token, resolution)

        # If z_stop - z_start is < 16, backend still pulls minimum 16 slices
        if (z_stop - z_start) < 16:
            z_slices = 16
        else:
            z_slices = z_stop - z_start

        # Calculate size of the data to be downloaded.
        size = (x_stop - x_start) * (y_stop - y_start) * z_slices * 4

        # Switch which download function to use based on which libraries are
        # available in this version of python.
        if six.PY2:
            dl_func = self._get_cutout_blosc_no_chunking
        elif six.PY3:
            dl_func = self._get_cutout_no_chunking
        else:
            raise ValueError("Invalid Python version.")

        if size < self._chunk_threshold:
            vol = dl_func(token, channel, resolution,
                          x_start, x_stop,
                          y_start, y_stop,
                          z_start, z_stop,
                          t_start, t_stop,
                          neariso=neariso)
            vol = numpy.rollaxis(vol, 1)
            vol = numpy.rollaxis(vol, 2)
            return vol
        else:
            from ndio.utils.parallel import block_compute
            blocks = block_compute(x_start, x_stop,
                                   y_start, y_stop,
                                   z_start, z_stop,
                                   origin, block_size)

            vol = numpy.zeros(((z_stop - z_start),
                               (y_stop - y_start),
                               (x_stop - x_start)))
            for b in blocks:

                data = dl_func(token, channel, resolution,
                               b[0][0], b[0][1],
                               b[1][0], b[1][1],
                               b[2][0], b[2][1],
                               0, 1,
                               neariso=neariso)

                if b == blocks[0]:  # first block
                    vol = numpy.zeros(((z_stop - z_start),
                                       (y_stop - y_start),
                                       (x_stop - x_start)), dtype=data.dtype)

                vol[b[2][0] - z_start: b[2][1] - z_start,
                    b[1][0] - y_start: b[1][1] - y_start,
                    b[0][0] - x_start: b[0][1] - x_start] = data

            vol = numpy.rollaxis(vol, 1)
            vol = numpy.rollaxis(vol, 2)
            return vol
Get volumetric cutout data from the neurodata server.

        Arguments:
            token (str): Token to identify data to download
            channel (str): Channel
            resolution (int): Resolution level
            Q_start (int): The lower bound of dimension 'Q'
            Q_stop (int): The upper bound of dimension 'Q'
            block_size (int[3]): Block size of this dataset. If not provided,
                ndio uses the metadata of this tokenchannel to set. If you find
                that your downloads are timing out or otherwise failing, it may
                be wise to start off by making this smaller.
            neariso (bool : False): Passes the 'neariso' param to the cutout.
                If you don't know what this means, ignore it!

        Returns:
            numpy.ndarray: Downloaded data.