DLI-Phase 2: A Digital Library of Vertebrate Morphology, Using High-Resolution X-ray CT

摘要IIS-9874781 Rowe，德克萨斯州蒂莫西大学，奥斯汀$158，510 - 12 mos。DLI第2阶段：脊椎动物形态学数字图书馆，使用高分辨率X射线CT这是一个为期三年的连续奖项的第一年资助。 本计画是将高解析度X光电脑断层扫描技术应用于脊椎动物骨骼之研究。 该仪器源自医疗诊断CT扫描仪，能够对微小的三维物体进行非常精细的无损检测。该项目是世界各地领先的研究型大学和自然历史博物馆的24名研究人员的合作。 研究人员将建立一个新的高分辨率X射线CT图像和3D模型的数字图书馆。 该图书馆将能够对脊椎动物结构进行比以前更详细和全面的分析，并可供全球网络的研究人员，教育工作者和学生访问。 该项目将研究所有形式的骨骼，从化石到胚胎和活物种的成年人。 该研究将包括重要实验室和研究物种的广泛分类多样性，并对最小的四个脊椎动物大小等级进行采样。

Abstract IIS-9874781 Rowe, Timothy University of Texas, Austin$158,510 - 12 mos.DLI-PHASE 2: A Digital Library of Vertebrate Morphology, Using High-Resolution X-ray CT This is the first year funding of a three year continuing award. This project is an intensive application of high-resolution X-ray Computed Tomography scanning (X-ray CT) to the study of the vertebrate skeleton. The instruments are derived from of medical diagnostic CT scanners, and enable the non-destructive inspection of tiny 3-dimensional objects in extremely fine detail. This project is a collaboration among 24 researchers at leading research universities and natural history museums around the world. The investigators will build a novel digital library of high-resolution X-ray CT images and 3-D models. The library will enable more detailed and comprehensive analyses of vertebrate structure than previously possible and be accessible to a globally networked audience of researchers, educators, and students. The project will study the skeleton in all of its forms, from fossils to embryos and adults of living species. The study will include broad taxonomic diversity of important laboratory and research species, and sample the smallest four orders of vertebrate size-magnitudes.