Much of our research is completed with the use of computed tomography (CT) imaging. As each study is published, the associated CT data will be published so that it can be downloaded for free (in DICOM format) and studied by others. All of the 3D digital modeling completed in our lab group is done with the scientific visualization programs Avizo and OsiriX.

 

If you are interested in collaborating on a project, please contact Emma (the lab PI) at eschachner@gmail.com

 

Published CT Data

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• Common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina; 2 scans)

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• Savannah monitor lizards (Varanus exanthematicus; 3 scans)

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• Nile crocodile lungs (Crocodylus niloticus; 3 scans)

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• American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis; n=10 torsos) and ostriches (Struthio camelus; n=11)

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• Cuvier's dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus; n=4)

 

Unpublished scanned animals

• 3 species of crocodilians

• 25 species of bird

• 8 species of lepidosaurs

• 10 species of turtles

• 5 species of mammal