Quantitative dual-energy CT as a nondestructive tool to identify indicators for fossilized bone in vertebrate paleontology

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 16407 - 11
• Main Authors: Hamm, Charlie A., Hampe, Oliver, Mews, Jürgen, Günter, Christina, Milke, Ralf, Witzmann, Florian, Savic, Lynn J., Hecht, Lutz, Meister, Sabine, Hamm, Bernd, Asbach, Patrick, Diekhoff, Torsten
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 30.09.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/1647/2258; 631/1647/245/1847; 631/181/414; 704/2151/414; Animals; Bone imaging; Bone mass; Bones; Calcium; Calcium imaging; Computed tomography; Decomposition; Fluorine; Fossils; Geological time; Humanities and Social Sciences; Jaw; multidisciplinary; Osteomyelitis; Paleontology; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Vertebrates

Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) is an imaging technique that combines nondestructive morphological cross-sectional imaging of objects and the quantification of their chemical composition. However, its potential to assist investigations in paleontology has not yet been explored. This study inv...