A three-dimensional CT (CAT) scan through a rock with Permian alga Ivanovia tebagaensis
Andrew M. Torres
University of Kansas, Department of Botany, Lawrence, KS, United States
Embedded thalli of Permian Ivanovia tebagaensis, a calcified, cyathiform, codiacean. Chlorophyta, were X-rayed with a medical CT (computed tomography) scanner. The two-dimensional digital X-ray image files were copied to floppy disks and transferred to an IBM-compatible personal computer. The images were cropped, and built into a data volume with a commercial three-dimensional software program. The data were color edited so that only the algae were visible. The data volume was then systematically manipulated to visualize some hitherto unknown details of the structure of the utricles, and of a vegetative propagule, a developing bud.
This record provided courtesy of AGI/GeoRef.
