#oVertTCN

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

5 months ago

3D rendering of a whole body CT scan of a chimpanzee, showing the skeleton with a density map where yellow = most dense material, blue = medium density material, purple = low density material. Top shows 3 images of the whole body rendered in a series rotating from front to back. Bottom shows a close up of the head and shoulders. The "oVert" symbol is in the top right corner. In the bottom left corner it reads "Pan troglodytes; YPM:VZ:015959; MorphoSource ID: 0000058004"

"What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language" - J. Goodall.

This #oVertTCN chimpanzee CT scan is available for exploration on MorphoSource: www.morphosource.org/concern/medi...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

7 months ago

A 3D rendering of a CT scan of Tiliqua rugosa, facing the front (top) and facing the back (bottom), rendered in yellow (most dense parts), pink (medium density parts), and blue (least dense parts).

A 3D rendering of a CT scan of the head Tiliqua rugosa, in dorsal view (top) and ventral view (bottom), rendered in yellow (most dense parts), pink (medium density parts), and blue (least dense parts).

Hey it's #WorldLizardDay 🦎
Here's one of my faves & one I saw *a lot* of growing up in rural Australia. Tiliqua rugosa has many common names, but where I'm from we call them "sleepy lizard" or "stumpy tail".

Download the #oVertTCN CT scan from MorphoSource here: www.morphosource.org/concern/medi...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

8 months ago

3D rendering of a diceCT scan of a coiled green tree python, rendered in bright green. Slightly overlapping is a 3D rendering of the python's skeleton, rendered in a light brown color.

It's #WorldSnakeDay so here is a green tree python I CT scanned for #oVertTCN 🐍

Get the datasets (both #diceCT and regular CT) on MorphoSource: www.morphosource.org/concern/biol...

💚💚💚

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

8 months ago

Seven 3D renderings of caecilians (limbless amphibians) arranged on a balck background. Each is rendered in a different color, from left to right and top to bottom: red, teal, electric blue, purple, green, orange, yellow.

Who are those sweet slippery noodles with tiny eyes? Caecilians of course! 🥰 I imaged these limbless amphibs for #oVertTCN using #diceCT to enhance the contrast of the soft tissues. You can find the datasets on MorphoSource with the other diceCT amphibians: www.morphosource.org/projects/000... 🧪

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

9 months ago

All scans for this specimen were funded by NSF and #oVertTCN, and are available on MorphoSource, including contrast enhanced #diceCT scans! If you look closely, you can see that I had to digitally re-attach its tail to make the rendering ❤️‍🩹

www.morphosource.org/concern/biol...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

10 months ago

Jaimi Gray presenting on stage behind a podium at the American Museum of Natural History. The slide behind her details the number of genera the oVert project scanned.

Got to stand up at the @amnh.org & tell everyone at ToScA about the #oVertTCN project and some of the fun things it led to...
🐒🦌🐀🦜🐸🦎🐊🐢🐦‍⬛🐟🐍🦔

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

10 months ago

One of the thousands of vertebrates we scanned for #oVertTCN, funded by NSF. This is Tomistoma schlegelii, the "false gharial" with some brightly colored osteoderms I bejeweled with some pinks and purples🐊

Download the Tomistoma datasets for free here: www.morphosource.org/concern/biol...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

10 months ago

For some reason my post from months ago is shooting back up into Bsky feeds. I ❤️ that #oVertTCN is giving a people a little twinkle of joy right now. Being part of it is one of my proudest accomplishments. Some more info (PLZ watch the video): www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scie...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

10 months ago

3D rendering of a CT scan of a Daubenton's free tailed bat, colored in yellow (most dense), blue (medium density), and purple (low density), (left) ventral view, (middle) right lateral view, right, dorsal view.

3D rendering of a CT scan of a Daubenton's free tailed bat, colored in yellow (most dense), blue (medium density), and purple (low density), viewed from the front of the face.

Hey it's international bat appreciation day 🦇 Here's a rendering of a skeleton of a Daubenton's free tailed bat I scanned for #oVertTCN. This AMNH specimen was collected in the Congo in 1910! This poor girl has quite a few broken bones 😢 See if you can spot them

www.morphosource.org/media/000519...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

11 months ago

3D renderings of a CT scan of a small rattlesnake. Top: rendering of snake skeleton in brown with rodent skeleton inside rendered in pink and orange, overlayed on the same image with the snake's skeleton rendered transparent and the rodent in pink and orange. Bottom: Closer up view of the rodent viewed from the other side, showing the front of the skull with teeth.

Image of a preserved rattlesnake specimen, coiled up with mouth open and fangs bared.

When I CT scanned this diamondback rattlesnake specimen, I found a surprise rodent inside 🐍🐁

The #oVertTCN CT data is available for download on MorphoSource here: www.morphosource.org/concern/medi...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

1 year ago

An open book showing a double page featuring 3D renderings of CT scans of a hedgehog, a turtle with eggs inside, a lizard with 7 babies inside, an armadillo, and a green heron on a black background. Inset: cover of the book Demark's "Science Illustrated" with text in Swedish "the biggest news of the year in the world of research"

Lovely #oVertTCN spread of critters in the yearbook issue of Science Illustrated Denmark featuring "the biggest news of the year in the world of research" with images by Zach Randall, @nagesanr.bsky.social and me!

‼️this work was funded by NSF‼️

Stephanie Baumgart, PhD 🦖🦆

@stephanopteryx.bsky.social

1 year ago

CT image of baby bird in top left, crop contents pulled out into the middle, isolated bones on the sides: hip bone articulated with femur, putative shoulder girdle, a string of articulated tail vertebrae with chevrons, and a sternum with a crumpled ribcage. Specimen FMNH 368617.

One of my favorite CT scans I helped make for #oVertTCN: a 5-day-old loggerhead shrike ate a tiny lizard! 🪶🧪🦎

How can we tell it's a lizard? Tail vertebrae in reptiles have chevrons for muscle attachment. Mammal tail bones don't have those.

CT scan available: www.morphosource.org/concern/medi...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

1 year ago

A collection of 3D renderings of contrast-enhanced CT scans of lizards on a black background, with each lizard rendered in a different color, in different rainbow colors as you move down the page.

Lizards are my fave! I did my PhD on Aussie dragon lizards, so they were my very first tomography subjects before I went on to CT all the things! I #diceCT scanned all of these lovely lizard friends for #oVertTCN, & you can get the data for free on MorphoSource: www.morphosource.org/projects/000...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

1 year ago

A pygmy boxfish in lateral view, with a 3D rendered density map showing densest tissue in pink, medium density tissues in blue, and low density tissues in dark purple.

Obsessed with this lovely pygmy boxfish (a native to my homeland southern Australia). I #diceCT scanned this one's #anatomy for #oVertTCN 🥰 The regular + soft tissue datasets are available for download on MorphoSource: www.morphosource.org/concern/pare...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

1 year ago

Re-introductions! G'day! I'm an Aussie evolutionary biologist/3D imaging specialist. I work at UT Austin's high-res CT facility (AKA UTCT). In the past I worked on #oVertTCN & NoCTURNetwork. I can/will CT scan just about anything (but I love lizards the most) & specialize in contrast-enhanced CT

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

1 year ago

If you need an escape from... this. I'm giving a talk tomorrow from 11am-noon at the Jackson School of Geosciences, about tomography resources for you. From #oVertTCN to #diceCT to #NoCTURNetwork, I'm giving you everything I've got. It'll be streamed on Zoom, hit me up for a link.

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

1 year ago

How to find and interact with oVert CT scans on MorphoSource A super fast guide on how to find oVert CT scans on MorphoSource and interact with them. Find out more about the oVert project here: https://www.floridamuseu...

✨ Anyone ✨ can learn how to find and interact with our #oVertTCN scans on MorphoSource. In less than 2 minutes! Just watch this video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWMk...

Maria C. Vallejo-Pareja

@mariacavallejo.bsky.social

1 year ago

I can’t stop watching this video made by the @floridamuseum.bsky.social for the #oVertTCN project…. I am so lucky to work with so many amazing people! @jaimiagray.bsky.social @drscanley.bsky.social @anura.bsky.social

www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scie...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

2 years ago

This work was possible thanks to the #oVertTCN & #NoCTURNetwork! The original models were made as education resources for the oVert project, and the recent revamp was supported by NoCTURN's Education and Outreach community.

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

2 years ago

I'm SO proud to announce - THE #oVertTCN PAPER IS OUT! We wanted to scan all the vertebrates & wow did we give it a red hot crack!

academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Here's the infographic from the paper. I used survey data,
MorphoSource reports, & the oVert archives to put it together.

Florida Museum of Natural History

@floridamuseum.bsky.social

2 years ago

a skeleton of a small crocodile-like creature is curled up and the plates on its back have been colored in a rainbow gradient

the body of a squat toad is digitally scanned to show its skeleton and some tissue in shades of blue against a black background

the skeleton of a small mammal creature is curled in a fetal position and there are rows of small armor plats down its back and neck colored in bright red in the digital scan

It's a wrap! 🎉🎉🎉 With the completion of #oVertTCN, the doors of natural history museum collections have been digitally unlocked allowing scientists, educators, artists & the public to interact with specimens in ways never before possible.
Story + video:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scie...

Cody Thompson

@codythompson51.bsky.social

2 years ago

#overttcn #naturalhistory #collectionsareessential

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Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

2 years ago

I heard some of you like #diceCT fish... Fish anatomy incoming 🐟 🐟 🐟

Every. single. one. of these contrast-enhanced #oVertTCN scans available for download via MorphoSource here: www.morphosource.org/projects/000...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

2 years ago

Good evening, I'll be your server tonight. Have a complimentary plate of danger noodles 🐍🐍🐍

Snakes I #diceCT'ed for #oVertTCN are now available for download on MorphoSource for your noodley projects...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

2 years ago

Brahminy blind snake eyes are tiny, buried deep in their head, and covered by scales!

If you like blind snakes, I generated several #oVertTCN CT & #diceCT datasets that can be found on MorphoSource. Here's Indotyphlops braminus: www.morphosource.org/concern/biol...

Dr. Jaimi Gray

@jaimiagray.bsky.social

2 years ago

Happy Halloween folks! In the spirit of spooky season, let me introduce my vertebrate tree of monsters! If you're around UF you can join me today at 4pm-5pm for a
UFVetMed seminar: #MuseumMonsterMash, where I'll reveal some monstrous stories about these #oVertTCN datasets...

Cody Thompson

@codythompson51.bsky.social

5 years ago

Congratulations to #UMMZ undergrads, Rhea Rajani & Shion Otsuka, for great poster presentations at the virtual @TXMammals meeting! Rhea also was the recipient of the Clyde Jones Undergraduate Award for her presentation. A great weekend for #gobluemammalogy!

#TSM2021 #oVertTCN

Cody Thompson

@codythompson51.bsky.social

5 years ago

UMMZ CT Data & Segmentation Tutorial Series - Episode 4 Welcome to Episode 4 of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology's CT Data and Segmentation Tutorial Series!!! This video is presented by Shion Otsuka, and will continue to cover Morphosource batch uploads. This video covers the upload process used at the UMMZ, and can be adapted to any institution's CT archiving process.

The 4th episode of the #UMMZ #ctdata & Segmentation Tutorial Series is now available! In this episode, ⁦⁦@UMich⁩ student, @shion_otsuka⁩, continues her mini-series on data management & ⁦@MorphoSource⁩ uploads. #overtTCN

youtu.be/74-PpDMpZ5M

Cody Thompson

@codythompson51.bsky.social

5 years ago

UMMZ CT Data & Segmentation Tutorial Series - Episode 3 Welcome to Episode 3 of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology's CT Data and Segmentation Tutorial Series!!! Episodes 3-5 are a Morphosource upload mini-series presented by Shion Otsuka. Episode 3 covers the how-to's of the batch upload process used at the UMMZ, and can be adapted to any institution's CT archiving process.

Episode 3 of the #UMMZ CT Data & Segmentation Tutorials is online! In episodes 3-5, you will learn how to manage #ctdata & navigate @MorphoSource. The video is narrated by @UMich student, @shion_otsuka. Watch for episodes 4 & 5 later this week! #oVertTCN

youtu.be/49IZN_X2tBE

Cody Thompson

@codythompson51.bsky.social

5 years ago

UMMZ CT Data & Segmentation Tutorial Series - Episode 2 Welcome to Episdoe 2 of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology's CT Data and Segmentation Tutorial Series!!! In this episode, we will introduce you to all the file structure and organization of CT data and the important information you will need for segmentation. For more information, please contact Ramon Nagesan (rnagesan@umich.edu).

Here is Episode 2 of the #UMMZ CT Data & Segmentation Tutorial Series! @RamonSN explains the basics of CT data & provides important info for future data management & segmentation activities. #oVertTCN #naturalhistory #collectionsareessential

youtu.be/9lSd9Aw-r8k