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45-day embryo of Alligator
(45µm slice thickness)

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Volume rendering in Amira 3.1.1 of skull with soft tissues removed through thresholding

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Surface rendering of the skin, which fades to the skeleton, rendered in Amira 3.1.1
Note: this is the movie from which the homepage Flash movie was made.

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Bone isosurface with soft-tissue volume, rendered in Amira 3.1.1

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Bone isosurface with soft-tissue volume, rendered in Amira 3.1.1

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Slice showing soft-tissue resolution, generated in Amira 3.1.1

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Slice movie through the whole embryo, generated in Amira 3.1.1

Researchers: L. M. Witmer & R C. Ridgely (OUCOM)
Funding: National Science Foundation

Lobster stomach
(45µm slice thickness)

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Anterior (front) view of lobster stomach, rendered in ParaView
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Posterior (back) view of lobster stomach, rendered in ParaView
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Dorsal (top) view of lobster stomach, rendered in ParaView
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Ventral (bottom) view of lobster stomach, rendered in ParaView
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Left lateral (side) view of lobster stomach, rendered in ParaView
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Movie of lobster stomach, rendered in ParaView
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Anaglyphic stereo movie (requires red-blue stereo glasses) of lobster stomach, rendered in ParaView

Researchers: K. H. Hobbs (CAS) & S. L. Hooper (CAS)
Funding: NIH, Ohio Supercomputing Center

Avian vertebra: horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)
(45µm slice thickness)

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Oblique craniodorsolateral view, rendered in Amira 3.1.1
Smithsonian specimen: NMNH 345217

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Craniodorsal view, rendered in Amira 3.1.1
Smithsonian specimen: NMNH 345217

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Left image: Left side view. Right image: sagittal section revealing extensive pneumatic cavities, rendered in Amira 3.1.1
Smithsonian specimen: NMNH 345217

Researcher: P. M. O'Connor (OUCOM)

Male C57Bl/6J mouse (>1 yr old) fed a high-fat diet
(92µm slice thickness)

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Volume rendering of body, with intra-abdominal  fat segmented in red, combined with an isosurface of the skeleton, rendered in Amira 3.1.1 by R. C. Ridgely

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Volume rendering of body, with intra-abdominal fat segmented in red, combined with an isosurface of the skeleton, rendered in Amira 3.1.1 by R. C. Ridgely
Note: this is the movie from which the homepage Flash movie was made.

QuickTime movie (MOV, 2.5 MB)
Volume rendering of intra-abdominal fat (segmented in red), combined with an isosurface of the lungs and airway (in blue) and the skeleton, rendered in Amira 3.1.1 by R. C. Ridgely

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Volume rendering of body combined with an isosurface of the skeleton, first spinning then a dorsal-to-ventral cutaway, rendered in Amira 3.1.1 by R. C. Ridgely

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Horizontal slice movie through the whole mouse cutting dorsal to ventral, generated in Amira 3.1.1 by R. C. Ridgely

Researchers: D. E. Berryman (SHCS), E. O. List (EBI), &  J. J. Kopchick (OUCOM, EBI)
Funding: NIDDK to DEB; Ohio Eminent Scholar's Program that includes a grant from Milton & Lawrence Goll to JJK

Pore structure of polyurethane foam
(27µm slice thickness)

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Surface mesh, rendered in Amira 3.1.1

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Finite Element Analysis (FEA), rendered in Altair Hypermesh 7.0

Researchers: G. A. Banyay & B. V. Mehta (RCENT)
Funding: Daimler Chrysler and Inergy Automotive

Domestic pig temporomandibular joint (TMJ) — Virtual Pig Project
(92µm slice thickness)

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Volume rendering from OUµCT of pig TMJ explant, with isosurface of full skull (scanned at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, Athens) showing location of TMJ, rendered in Amira 3.1.1

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Volume rendering of pig TMJ explant with lateral-to-medial dynamic cutaway, rendered in Amira 3.1.1

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Sagittal slice movie of pig TMJ explant cutting lateral to medial, rendered in Amira 3.1.1

Researchers: J. D. Tickhill (CAS), R. C. Ridgely (OUCOM), & L. M. Witmer (OUCOM)
Funding: National Science Foundation & OU VP for Research

Lesothosaurus Early Jurassic (208 million years) dinosaur skull
(92µm slice thickness)

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Photograph of partial skull in left side view

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Labeled horizontal slices, rendered in Amira 3.1.1
Note the discovery of a bone otherwise hidden within the rock matrix

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Basisphenoid bone segmented from full dataset and rolled in isolation, rendered in Amira 3.1.1

Researchers: L. M. Witmer & R C. Ridgely (OUCOM)
Funding: National Science Foundation

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