AnalyzeDirect Fisher PE, Russell DA, Stoskopf MK, Barrick RE, Hammer M, Kuzmitz AA. Cardiovascular evidence for an intermediate or higher metabolic rate in an ornithischian dinosaur. Science. April 2000;288(5465):503-505.
Publication Date
April 2000
How Analyze was Used
“The images were transferred to a SUN workstation and placed in an ANALYZE-AVW for analysis, thereby clarifying three-dimensional (3D) structures within the concretion. Patterns of shapes and radiodensities were found to resemble a four-chambered heart.”
Keywords
Animals
Aorta/anatomy & histology
Basal Metabolism
Birds/anatomy & histology/metabolism
Body Weight
Fossils
Heart/anatomy & histology/radiography
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Iron Compounds/analysis
Minerals
Paleontology
Reptiles/anatomy & histology/metabolism
Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
Tomography, X-Ray Computed (CT)
X-Ray Diffraction
Author Affiliation(s)
Biomedical Imaging Facility, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, US. (PEF)
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences and Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, US. (DAR)
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, and Environmental Medicine Consortium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, US. (MKS)
Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27696, US. (REB)
Hammer and Hammer Paleotek, 260 Dutchman View Drive, Jacksonville, OR 97530, US. (MH)
595 North Main Street, Ashland, OR 97520, US. (AAK)
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Tags: Animals, Aorta/anatomy & histology, Basal Metabolism, Birds/anatomy & histology/metabolism, Body Weight, Computer-Assisted Image Processing, Fossils, Heart/anatomy & histology/radiography, Iron Compounds/analysis, Minerals, Paleontology, Reptiles/anatomy & histology/metabolism, X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT), X-Ray Computed Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Diffraction