Applied x-ray computed tomography with high resolution in paleontology using laboratory and synchrotron sources

Pidassa Bidola; Mirian L. A. F. Pacheco; Marco K. Stockmar; Klaus Achterhold; Franz Pfeiffer; Felix Beckmann; Paul Tafforeau; Julia Herzen

doi:10.1117/12.2061326

13 September 2014 Applied x-ray computed tomography with high resolution in paleontology using laboratory and synchrotron sources

Pidassa Bidola, Mirian L. A. F. Pacheco, Marco K. Stockmar, Klaus Achterhold, Franz Pfeiffer, Felix Beckmann, Paul Tafforeau, Julia Herzen

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Proceedings Volume 9212, Developments in X-Ray Tomography IX; 92120X (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2061326
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

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.

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Pidassa Bidola, Mirian L. A. F. Pacheco, Marco K. Stockmar, Klaus Achterhold, Franz Pfeiffer, Felix Beckmann, Paul Tafforeau, and Julia Herzen "Applied x-ray computed tomography with high resolution in paleontology using laboratory and synchrotron sources", Proc. SPIE 9212, Developments in X-Ray Tomography IX, 92120X (13 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2061326

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