OpenVertebrate Presents a Massive Database of 13,000 3D Scans of Vertebrate Specimens

in Biology | March 19th, 2024 1 Comment BlueskyFacebookThreadsMastodonRedditMessageEmailShare 来自 Flori­da Muse­um of Nat­ur­al His­to­ry 的 open­Ver­te­brate project 是一个新项目，旨在“向研究人员、教育工作者、学生和公众提供免费的数字化 3D 脊椎动物解剖模型和数据”。该博物馆在介绍这个新项目（也被称为 oVert）时写道：

在 2017 年至 2023 年间，oVert 项目成员对超过 13,000 个标本进行了 CT 扫描，这些标本代表了脊椎动物生命之树中的各种物种。这包括超过一半的两栖动物、爬行动物、鱼类和哺乳动物的所有属。 CT 扫描仪使用高能 X 射线穿透生物外部，观察其下方的致密骨骼结构。因此，骨骼构成了 oVert 重建的主要部分。少量标本也用临时对比增强溶液染色，使研究人员能够可视化软组织，如皮肤、肌肉和其他器官。 这些模型可以让人深入了解标本的内部部分，而这些部分以前只能通过破坏性解剖和组织取样来观察。

在未来的几年里，open­Ver­te­brate 团队将“对来自美国博物馆藏品的 20,000 个液体保存标本进行 CT 扫描，从而为超过 80% 的脊椎动物属生成高分辨率的解剖数据。”该项目还将提供数字图像和 3D 网格文件供下载和 3D 打印。

下面的视频简要直观地介绍了数字馆藏。您可以在这里了解有关该项目的更多信息。 via Boing­Bo­ing

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