Alligator embryo microCT scan - serial slice animation

Serial slice animation of a microCT scan (44 µm slice thickness) of a 45-day embryo of American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis, OUVC 10117), showing organs, muscles, fat, brain, and the skeleton. Low-energy scanning is the key to retaining detail in the soft tissues, coming at the cost of some increased noise. Rendered in Amira and QuickTime by Ryan Ridgely. This was one of the very first scans (mid-2006) at the Ohio University MicroCT Scanning Facility (OUµCT). Visit the facility: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/ou-microct/ . Visit WitmerLab at OU (http://www.ohio.edu/witmerlab ), on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/witmerlab ), on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/witmerlab ), and at our blog (http://witmerlab.wordpress.com ).

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Education

Tags:

• Crocodylia
• crocodilian
• Alligator
• gator
• CT scan
• microCT
• morphology
• dinosaur
• skeleton