Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D imaging: The openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network

DC Blackburn, DM Boyer, JA Gray, J Winchester… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The impact of preserved museum specimens is transforming and increasing by three-
dimensional (3D) imaging that creates high-fidelity online digital specimens. Through …

New frontiers in imaging, anatomy, and mechanics of crocodylian jaw muscles

CM Holliday, KC Sellers, EJ Lessner… - The Anatomical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
New imaging and biomechanical approaches have heralded a renaissance in our
understanding of crocodylian anatomy. Here, we review a series of approaches in the …

Reducing soft-tissue shrinkage artefacts caused by staining with Lugol's solution

Y Dawood, J Hagoort, BA Siadari, JM Ruijter… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced computed tomography (diceCT) is progressively
used in clinical and morphological research to study developmental anatomy. Lugol's …

A guide for optimal iodine staining and high‐throughput diceCT scanning in snakes

S Callahan, JM Crowe‐Riddell… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusible iodine‐based contrast‐enhanced computed tomography (diceCT) visualizes soft
tissue from micro‐CT (µCT) scans of specimens to uncover internal features and natural …

DiceCT for fishes: recommendations for pairing iodine contrast agents with μCT to visualize soft tissues in fishes

MA Kolmann, RS Nagesan, JV Andrews… - Journal of Fish …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Computed tomography (CT) scanning and other high‐throughput three‐dimensional (3D)
visualization tools are transforming the ways we study morphology, ecology and …

Intraskeletal bone growth patterns in the North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli): Growth mark discrepancy and implications for extinct taxa

CT Heck, HN Woodward - Journal of Anatomy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Osteohistology, the study of bone microstructure, provides an important avenue for
assessing extinct and extant vertebrate growth and life history. Cortical vascularity and …

Variable evidence for convergence in morphology and function across avian nectarivores

AE Hewes, D Cuban, DJE Groom… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nectar‐feeding birds provide an excellent system in which to examine form‐function
relationships over evolutionary time. There are many independent origins of nectarivory in …

Enhancing CT imaging: A safe protocol to stain and de‐stain rare fetal museum specimens using diffusible iodine‐based staining (diceCT)

A Lanzetti, EG Ekdale - Journal of Anatomy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Computed tomography (CT) scanning is being increasingly employed in the study of natural
history, particularly to investigate the internal anatomy of unique specimens in museum …

Behavioral correlates of fascicular organization: The confluence of muscle architectural anatomy and function

E Dickinson, A Hartstone‐Rose - The Anatomical Record, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Muscle is a complex tissue that has been studied on numerous hierarchical levels: from
gross descriptions of muscle organization to cellular analyses of fiber profiles. In the middle …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring contrast-enhancing staining agents for studying adipose tissue through contrast-enhanced computed tomography

T Balcaen, A Benova, F de Jong… - Journal of Lipid …, 2024 - Elsevier
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography offers a nondestructive approach to studying
adipose tissue in 3D. Several contrast-enhancing staining agents (CESAs) have been …