[Annelida] microCT paper

[Julio Parapar]

Thanks for your nice words Eduardo! 
Of course this thechnique can be used with these kind of special especimens, but I'm afraid that CT images cannot replace the real animal in taxonomic work. In my opinion, no technique has been developed so far that can replace the careful study of the specimens under the microscope. 
About 3D printing ... no idea! But good idea to be explored! :-) 
Thanks again, 
Julio 

Dr Julio Parapar 
Dep. Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía 
Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña 
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De: "Eduardo Zattara" <ezattara from gmail.com> 
Para: "Julio Parapar" <jparapar from udc.es> 
CC: annelida from magpie.bio.indiana.edu 
Enviados: Martes, 3 de Octubre 2017 22:03:59 
Asunto: Re: [Annelida] microCT paper 

Dear Julio and colleagues, 

Fantastic work! 

Do you think this technique can be used with older museum specimens? It would be awesome to be able to non-destructively generate digital models of holotypes and paratypes that could save a lot of time, money and damage risk by avoiding the need to ship specimens around, thus greatly expediting systematic and taxonomic work. 

Another great use I see is that I believe these microCT digital objects can be readily converted into 3D prints. 

Congratulations and thanks for beautiful imaging :) 

Cheers! 

-Ed- 




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On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Julio Parapar < jparapar from udc.es > wrote: 




Dear all, 


An article was recently published in Zoologischer Anzeiger: 


Parapar, J.; Candás, M.; Cunha-Veira, X. and Moreira, J. 


Exploring annelid anatomy using micro-computed tomography: A taxonomic approach 


In case you would be interested, below you can find a link to free access the pdf. 


https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1VmFZA7vObqkn 


The best, 


Julio 

Dr Julio Parapar 
Dep. Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía 
Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña 
Rúa da Fraga 10, 15008 A Coruña, España 
ORCID - http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7585-6995 
RESEARCHERID - http://www.researcherid.com/rid/J-4150-2014 
RESEARCHGATE - http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julio_Parapar 


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