Keklikoglou, Kleoniki, Sarah Faulwetter, Eva Chatzinikolaou, Patricia Wils, Jonathan Brecko, Jiří Kvaček, Brian Metscher, and Christos Arvanitidis. “Micro-computed tomography for natural history specimens: a handbook of best practice protocols.” European Journal of Taxonomy 522 (2019). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.522
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diceCT: Diffusible Iodine-based Contrast-enhanced Computed Tomography
https://dicect.com/ Website that has a collection of resources, blog posts, and papers relating to diceCT. Some notable papers listed on the webpage include: Gignac, Paul M., Nathan J. Kley, Julia A. Clarke, Matthew W. Colbert, Ashley C. Morhardt, Donald Cerio, […]
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Seattle Children’s Research Institute
By Murat Maga, Seattle Children’s Research Institute https://faculty.washington.edu/maga/SCRI_MicroCT/ Facility Website that offers CT scanning services, hosts mouse CT Data for download, 3D Visualizations, and other useful documents.
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MICRO introduction to diceCT
By Claire Terhune and Paul Gignac at MICRO, University of Arkansas https://micro.uark.edu/introtodicect/ Tips and tricks for diceCT staining natural history specimens, which allows for the visualization of soft-tissue structure in CT scans.
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MICRO Specimen Packaging Recommendations for Optimal Mounting
By MICRO, University of Arkansas https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/wordpressua.uark.edu/dist/4/453/files/2018/08/MICRO_SpecimenMounting-186j0p7.pdf Learn how to package your samples for optimal CT imaging.
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Reducing soft-tissue shrinkage artefacts caused by staining with Lugol’s solution
Dawood, Y., J. Hagoort, B. A. Siadari, J. M. Ruijter, Q. D. Gunst, N. H. J. Lobe, G. J. Strijkers, B. S. de Bakker, and M. J. B. van den Hoff. “Reducing soft-tissue shrinkage artefacts caused by staining with Lugol’s […]
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MICRO Specimen Packaging Recommendations for Optimal Mounting
From MICRO, University of Arkansas https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/wordpressua.uark.edu/dist/4/453/files/2018/08/MICRO_SpecimenMounting-186j0p7.pdf Learn how to package your samples for optimal CT imaging.
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Fossils and Filters
By April Neander, The University of Chicago Chapter 7 of the University of Chicago PaleoCT training course. Covers tips for mounting fossils, and when and how to use filters.
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Mounting Specimens
By April Neander, The University of Chicago Chapter 4 of the University of Chicago PaleoCT training course. Covers intro to mounting and wet specimens.