Paleo Imaging Workshop
This wiki supports the paleo imaging workshop to be held at the University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences, to include the High-Resolution X-ray CT Facility, and various research units at the Pickle Research Center, 28 April-2 May, 2014
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Agenda
There are 3 agendas. Day 1 is a large group session. Days 2 & 3 are mirrors of each other and feature a short course on CT scanning and a series of demonstrations.
- Agenda, Day 1
- Agenda, Days 2 & 3: CT Scanning short course agenda (repeated)
- Agenda, Days 2 & 3: Demonstration stations (repeated)
- Final wrap up at Aloft Hotel, 1 May, 6:00-6:30 p.m.
- Reception/mixer: 6:30-9:30 p.m., 29 April, Jackson School for Geosciences
Logistics
Remote Participation
Remote participation will be provided via Adobe Connect: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/paleo/
Editable copy of the DROID4 workflows for input and editing. Please use a color other than black to make edits and changes. Changes are saved immediately. http://tinyurl.com/droid4copy
Presentation Documents
- Introduction to iDigBio & Logistics (Gil Nelson)
- X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY in RESEARCH COLLECTIONS (Tim Rowe)
- DROID (Una Farrel & Talia Karim)
- 3D Laser Scanning: Accuracy and Precision (Suzanne Strait)
- FAQ: 3D surface scanning of paleo collections with a NextEngine laser scanner (Aaron Wood)
- 3D Scanning…and more. (John Kappelman)
- 2D Imaging for Paleontology Collection Objects (Roger Burkhalter)
- Digitizing 2D fossils: Selecting the Equipment (Christina Byrd)
- The Advantages in Using Textural and Polarized Lighting for Imaging Fossils (Paul Mayer)
- 3D Imaging of Fossils Using Close-Range Photogrammetry (Dan Miller)
- Close Range Photogrammetric Analyses of an Active Paleontological Excavation (Maribeth Price)
- Reflectance Transformation Imaging (Chelsea Graham)
- Cetaceans in silico: 3D digitizing a fossil whale graveyard in the Atacama of Chile (Nicolas Pyenson)
- 3D Printing for Scientific & Cultural Heritage Collections (Richard Urban)
- 3D Printing in Teaching and Outreach (Franek Hasiuk)
- 3-D Printing Fossils at the University of Alabama (Dana Ehret)
- Education & Outreach (E&O) using 3D printing: Immense possibilities (Bruce MacFadden)
- OPENGEOSCI & PUBLIC GEOSCIENCE DATA DISCOVERY (Alix Vance)
- Attaching images to database records (Ann Molineux)
- UTCT Short Course Manual
Workshop Recordings
Day1 April 29
Day2 April 30
- Intro to CT for Biological/Paleontological Applications
- CT Lab tour
- Data Processing in ImageJ/Beginning Visualization with Avizo
- Continuing Visualization with Avizo
- Introduction of Short Course Data Sets
- Continuing Visualization with Avizo/Hands-on Time with Short Course Data Sets
Day3 May 1
- Core digitization/imaging (James Donnelly) and SEM micro imaging (Rob Reed)
- TACC Data management for images (Chris Jordan) and UAV 3D model using UAV (Josh Lambert)
- Stations 1-11
- Station Key
- Station 1 NextEngine/3Dimaging Aaron Wood
- Station 2 GeneralImaging Roger Burkhalter
- Station 3 Lightbox (Photosimile) Erica Clites
- Station 4 SmallSpecimenImaging Christina Byrd
- Station 5 IllustratorLineDrawings Kyle Luckenbill
- Station 6 SpecPrepSmokeRemove Jim Sprinkle
- Station 7 MultiFocusHeliconRemote Angie Thompson
- Station 8 ImageProcScalingImageJ Ann Molineux
- Station 9 WholeDrawerImaging Cissy Geigerman
- Station 10 ImageAttachmentDatabase Liath Appleton
- Station 11 Visionary Digital BK system Ben Dumont
Resources and Links
- Cheat sheet for lightbox demonstration by Erica Clites
- Suggested links from Roger Burkhalter, Sam Noble Museum
- Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) resources and information from Chelsea Graham, Yale Digital Commons
- Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI), company that fabricates the RTI dome
- Training, consulting and support from CHI
- RTI acquisition techniques. RTI acquisition is possible under domes with fixed lights as well as through a string and light method where the light location is measured and moved for each image.
- Downloads of RTIBuilder–-a software to create the visualization files (.rti and .ptm) from image sets and RTIViewer–-a software for visualization
- Another viewer available for .ptm file visualization from HP
- Read about polynomial texture maps (PTM) from HP
- Dissemination via web visualization
- Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2014- Paleo & Geo Sample Digitization Session