Paleo Imaging Workshop

This wiki supports the paleo imaging workshop to be held at the University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences, to include the High-Resolution X-ray CT Facility, and various research units at the Pickle Research Center, 28 April-2 May, 2014

Agenda

There are 3 agendas. Day 1 is a large group session. Days 2 & 3 are mirrors of each other and feature a short course on CT scanning and a series of demonstrations.

• Agenda, Day 1
• Agenda, Days 2 & 3: CT Scanning short course agenda (repeated)
• Agenda, Days 2 & 3: Demonstration stations (repeated)
  • Morning schedule
• Final wrap up at Aloft Hotel, 1 May, 6:00-6:30 p.m.
• Reception/mixer: 6:30-9:30 p.m., 29 April, Jackson School for Geosciences

Logistics

• Logistics Document
• Meal Plan
• Map of Pickle Research Center vicinity
• Map of Pickle Research Center

Remote Participation

Remote participation will be provided via Adobe Connect: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/paleo/
Editable copy of the DROID4 workflows for input and editing. Please use a color other than black to make edits and changes. Changes are saved immediately. http://tinyurl.com/droid4copy

Presentation Documents

• Introduction to iDigBio & Logistics (Gil Nelson)

Workshop Recordings

Day1 April 29

• 8am-10am
• 10:20am-12:20pm
• 1:30pm-3:15pm
• 3:30-5pm

Day2 April 30

• Intro to CT for Biological/Paleontological Applications
• CT Lab tour
• Data Processing in ImageJ/Beginning Visualization with Avizo

Resources and Links

• Cheat sheet for lightbox demonstration by Erica Clites
  • Cheat Sheet for Specimen Imaging Using a Light Box
• Suggested links from Roger Burkhalter, Sam Noble Museum
  • A place to see various macro lenses
  • A place to purchase hard-to-find macro equipment
  • A place that can repair and refurbish old lenses
• Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) resources and information from Chelsea Graham, Yale Digital Commons
  • Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI), company that fabricates the RTI dome
  • Training, consulting and support from CHI
  • RTI acquisition techniques. RTI acquisition is possible under domes with fixed lights as well as through a string and light method where the light location is measured and moved for each image.
  • Downloads of RTIBuilder–-a software to create the visualization files (.rti and .ptm) from image sets and RTIViewer–-a software for visualization
  • Another viewer available for .ptm file visualization from HP
  • Read about polynomial texture maps (PTM) from HP
  • Dissemination via web visualization
• Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2014- Paleo & Geo Sample Digitization Session
  • GSA Session Description and Abstract Submission