FossilMorph: A new tool for fossil automatic measurement and statistical analysis

We present FossilMorph, a user-friendly and open access software that offers rapid measurement and statistical analysis based on fossil images. Routine steps of image processing technologies and algorithms designed for three types of organic-walled microfossils (i.e., spheroidal type, filamentous ty...

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Published inPalaeoworld Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 1435 - 1447
Main Authors Zheng, Wen-Tao, Lou, Zhou-Wei, Yu, Ye-Feng, Tang, Qing, Wang, Xiao-Peng, Zhao, Xian-Ye, Shi, Hong-Yi, Wan, Bin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.10.2024
Subjects
automatic measurement
image processing
micropalaeontology
organic-walled microfossils
statistical analysis
image processing
organic-walled microfossils
statistical analysis
micropalaeontology
automatic measurement
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Summary:We present FossilMorph, a user-friendly and open access software that offers rapid measurement and statistical analysis based on fossil images. Routine steps of image processing technologies and algorithms designed for three types of organic-walled microfossils (i.e., spheroidal type, filamentous type, and broken type) have been introduced in order to illuminate the rationale of FossilMorph. Two case studies on the form genera Leiosphaeridia and Siphonophycus are used to test the utility of FossilMorph on the study of micropalaeontology, especially the Proterozoic spheroidal acritarchs. Future development of FossilMorph may be extended to deal with complex morphology and community-type preservation for wider applications.
ISSN:1871-174X
DOI:10.1016/j.palwor.2022.11.001