Applying X-ray tomography in the field of vertebrate biology: Form, function, and evolution of the skull of caecilians (Lissamphibia: Gymnophiona)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7078, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kleinteich, Thomas ^a   Beckmann, Felix ^b   Herzen, Julia ^b   Summers, Adam P ^c   Haas, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Data visualization; Evolutionary biology; SR CT imaging

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMECHANICS; DATA VISUALIZATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

CT IMAGING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY; LIFE-SCIENCES; MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PHOTOREALISTIC RENDERING; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

X RAYS;

EID: 56249109746     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.795063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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