Media 000353661: Skull
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Type Volumetric Image Series
Modality X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT/microCT)
Media represents biological specimen
mguan:pa:278 Cardiocorax mukulu
Managed by
Jessie Maisano

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GENERAL DETAILS Field Definitions

Media ID
000353661
Media type
Volumetric Image Series
Object element or part
skull
Object represented
mguan:pa:278
Object taxonomy
Cardiocorax mukulu
Object organization
Museu de Geologia da Universidade Agostinho Neto
Side
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Orientation
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Short description
skull in jacketed block
Full description
Marx et al., PLOS ONE, in press
Creator
--
Date created
--
Date uploaded
March 26, 2021

FILE OBJECT DETAILS Field Definitions

File name
16bitTIFF.zip
File format(s)
ZIP archive, TIFF
File size
11.3 GB
Image width
1928
Image height
981
Color space
BlackIsZero
Color depth
16
Compression
--
Series type
Reconstructed image stack
X pixel spacing
0.141900
Y pixel spacing
0.141900
Z pixel spacing
0.141900
Pixel spacing units
Mm
Slice thickness
0.1419
Number of images in set
3,449

IMAGE ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING AT A GLANCE Field Definitions

Number of parent media
0
Number of processing events
1 (0 steps)
Modality
X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT/microCT)
Device
North Star Imaging NSI Custom build, The University of Texas High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Facility (University of Texas at Austin)

OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS Field Definitions

Data managed by
Jessie Maisano
Data uploaded by
Jessie Maisano
Publication status
Restricted Download
Download reviewer
Jessie Maisano
IP holder
Museu de Geologia da Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola (Copyright and License)
Copyright statement
 In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Creative Commons license
 Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Morphosource use agreement type
Standard
Permits commercial use
Commercial Use Not Permitted
Permits 3D use
3D Printing Prohibited
Required archival of published derivatives
On MorphoSource
Funding attribution
DBI-1902242
Publisher
oUTCT PEN
Cite as
These data were acquired for Mike Polcyn of Southern Methodist University, with data upload to MorphoSource funded by NSF DBI-1902242.
Media preview mode
Interactive/Embeddable
Additional usage agreement
None

IDENTIFIERS AND EXTERNAL LINKS Field Definitions

MorphoSource ARK
 ark:/87602/m4/353661
MorphoSource DOI
Not assigned
External identifier
--
External media URL
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IMAGE ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING IN DETAIL

STEP 1: IMAGE ACQUISITION

Physical object mguan:pa:278 was imaged to create undeposited raw media.

IMAGING DETAILS Field Definitions

Modality
X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT/microCT)
Device
Device facility
The University of Texas High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Facility (University of Texas at Austin)
Creator
Colbert, Matthew
Event date
November 19, 2018
Software
--
Description
University of Texas High-Resolution X-ray CT Facility Archive Polcyn: Cardiocorax: Scan of the skull of the plesiosaur Cardiocorax in a jacketed block (Paleo Angola Project; Bentiaba, Angola, Maastrichtian) for Mike Polcyn of Southern Methodist University. Specimen scanned by Matthew Colbert on 19 November 2018. 16bitTIFF: Scan parameters: NSI scanner. GE Small Spot source, 300 kV, 0.75 mA, 4 brass filter, Perkin Elmer detector, 0.25 pF gain, 2 fps, 1x1 binning, no flip, source to object 670.0 mm, source to detector 1086.0 mm, helical non-continuous CT scan, vertical extent 590.8 mm, pitch 98.467 mm, 6 revolutions, 3 sets, helical sigma 0.0, 4 frames averaged, 0 skip frames, 18005 projections, 5 gain calibrations, 15 mm calibration phantom, data range [-0.5, 5.5] (grayscale adjusted from NSI defaults), beam-hardening correction = 0.45. Voxel size = 141.9 μm. Total slices = 3449.
Description attachment
None
Reference attachment
None
Exposure time
0.5s
Flux normalization
--
Pixel spacing calibration
--
Shading correction
--
Frame averaging
4
Projections
18005
Voltage
300
Power
--
Amperage
75
Surrounding material
--
X-ray tube type
--
Target type
--
Detector type
--
Detector pixels X
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Detector pixels size X
--
Detector pixels Y
--
Detector pixels size Y
--
Detector configuration
--
Source object distance
--
Source detector distance
--
Target material
--
Rotation number
--
Phase contrast
--
Optical magnification
--
Acquisition type
Spiral

STEP 2: IMAGE PROCESSING

Raw media (undeposited) was processed to create derived Media 000353661: Skull [CTImageSeries] [CT] (this media).

Processing Details Field Definitions

Creator
--
Event date
March 26, 2021
Software
--
Description
--
Description attachment
None

Media produced by this event on MorphoSource

Media 000353661: Skull [CTImageSeries] [CT] (this media)