Applied X-ray computed tomography with high resolution in paleontology using laboratory & synchrotron sources
Bidola P, Pacheco MLAF, Stockmar MK, Achterhold K, Pfeiffer F, Beckmann F, Tafforeau P, Herzen J (2014)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2014
Journal
Publisher: SPIE
Book Volume: 9212
Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Event location: San Diego, CA, USA
ISBN: 9781628412390
DOI: 10.1117/12.2061326
Abstract
X-ray computed tomography (CT) has become an established technique in the biomedical imaging or materials science research. Its ability to non-destructively provide high-resolution images of samples makes it attractive for diverse fields of research especially the paleontology. Exceptionally, the Precambrian is a geological time of rocks deposition containing several fossilized early animals, which still need to be investigated in order to predict the origin and evolution of early life. Corumbella werneri is one of those fossils skeletonized in Corumbá (Brazil). Here, we present a study on selected specimens of Corumbella werneri using absorption-based contrast imaging at diverse tomographic setups. We investigated the potential of conventional laboratory-based device and synchrotron radiation sources to visualize internal structures of the fossils. The obtained results are discussed as well as the encountered limitations of those setups.
Involved external institutions
Technische Universität München (TUM)
Germany (DE)
Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) / Federal University of São Carlos
Brazil (BR)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung GmbH (HZG)
Germany (DE)
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
France (FR)
Germany (DE)
Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) / Federal University of São Carlos
Brazil (BR)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung GmbH (HZG)
Germany (DE)
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
France (FR)
How to cite
APA:
Bidola, P., Pacheco, M.L.A.F., Stockmar, M.K., Achterhold, K., Pfeiffer, F., Beckmann, F.,... Herzen, J. (2014). Applied X-ray computed tomography with high resolution in paleontology using laboratory & synchrotron sources. In Stuart R. Stock (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. San Diego, CA, USA: SPIE.
MLA:
Bidola, Pidassa, et al. "Applied X-ray computed tomography with high resolution in paleontology using laboratory & synchrotron sources." Proceedings of the Developments in X-Ray Tomography IX, San Diego, CA, USA Ed. Stuart R. Stock, SPIE, 2014.
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