RAPID: High-resolution 3D digitization of complete blue whale skeleton

RAPID：完整蓝鲸骨骼的高分辨率 3D 数字化

• 批准号: 1817597
• 负责人: Leif Tapanila
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: Idaho State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-12-01 至 2020-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1817597&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; resolution; 3D; digitization; complete

This project will create an online, open-access 3D digital model of a full blue whale skeleton from the collection at Noyo Center for Marine Science in California. Blue whales are an important endangered species in Polar waters, but specimens are extremely rare, making them difficult to research, see, and study. Skeletal anatomy is a fundamental dataset for archeology and a host of biosciences, with direct application to evolutionary models, developmental biology, comparative anatomy and physiology, paleontology, and ecology. Digital collections of skeletal data serve many different disciplines that rely on reference collections to identify animal remains, such as anthropology and forensic science. This research will take advantage of a unique opportunity to create a digital record of the complete anatomy of a blue whale, which is currently being processed for mounting at the museum. The 3D model of the blue whale created in this project will be freely available to the public for the first time, allowing for researchers and the public to easily access and interact with the specimen that would have otherwise required a special in-person trip to the museum housing this collection. In order to complete the 3D model, technicians from the Idaho Museum of Natural History will travel to the Noyo Center to scan the blue whale skeleton over two weeks, followed by processing of 3D at the Idaho Virtualization Lab. The 3D model will be made available on open-access websites, including MorphoSource. Digital model files will be created back at the IVL at the Idaho Museum of Natural History. The IVL provides internships to 10-12 Idaho State University undergraduate and graduate students each year, where they receive hands-on training in 3D model construction, from start to finish. Post-processing for models will be facilitated by these students, with oversight from the project's lead technician.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个项目将创建一个在线的、开放访问的完整蓝鲸骨架的3D数字模型，该模型来自加利福尼亚Noyo海洋科学中心的收藏。蓝鲸是极地水域的一种重要的濒危物种，但它们的标本极其稀少，这使得它们很难被研究、观察和研究。骨骼解剖学是考古学和许多生物科学的基础数据集，直接应用于进化模型、发育生物学、比较解剖学和生理学、古生物学和生态学。骨骼数据的数字集合服务于许多依赖参考集合来识别动物遗骸的不同学科，如人类学和法医学。这项研究将利用一个独特的机会来创建蓝鲸完整解剖的数字记录，该记录目前正在博物馆进行安装。在这个项目中创建的蓝鲸3D模型将首次免费向公众开放，允许研究人员和公众轻松访问并与标本互动，否则需要亲自前往收藏这些标本的博物馆。为了完成3D模型，爱达荷州自然历史博物馆的技术人员将前往Noyo中心扫描蓝鲸骨架，为期两周，然后在爱达荷州虚拟化实验室进行3D处理。3D模型将在包括MorphoSource在内的开放访问网站上提供。数字模型文件将在爱达荷州自然历史博物馆的IVL中创建。IVL每年为10-12名爱达荷州立大学的本科生和研究生提供实习机会，在那里他们接受从头到尾的3D模型构建实践培训。模型的后期处理将由这些学生在项目首席技术人员的监督下进行。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。