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

Workshop Evaluation

• Please complete the workshop evaluation

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)
• X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY in RESEARCH COLLECTIONS (Tim Rowe)
• DROID (Una Farrel & Talia Karim)
• 3D Laser Scanning: Accuracy and Precision (Suzanne Strait)
• FAQ: 3D surface scanning of paleo collections with a NextEngine laser scanner (Aaron Wood)
• 3D Scanning…and more. (John Kappelman)
• 2D Imaging for Paleontology Collection Objects (Roger Burkhalter)
• Digitizing 2D fossils: Selecting the Equipment (Christina Byrd)
• The Advantages in Using Textural and Polarized Lighting for Imaging Fossils (Paul Mayer)
• 3D Imaging of Fossils Using Close-Range Photogrammetry (Dan Miller)
• Close Range Photogrammetric Analyses of an Active Paleontological Excavation (Maribeth Price)
• Reflectance Transformation Imaging (Chelsea Graham)
• Cetaceans in silico: 3D digitizing a fossil whale graveyard in the Atacama of Chile (Nicolas Pyenson)
• 3D Printing for Scientific & Cultural Heritage Collections (Richard Urban)
• 3D Printing in Teaching and Outreach (Franek Hasiuk)
• 3-D Printing Fossils at the University of Alabama (Dana Ehret)
• Education & Outreach (E&O) using 3D printing: Immense possibilities (Bruce MacFadden)
• OPENGEOSCI & PUBLIC GEOSCIENCE DATA DISCOVERY (Alix Vance)
• Attaching images to database records (Ann Molineux)
• UTCT Short Course Manual

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
• Continuing Visualization with Avizo
• Introduction of Short Course Data Sets
• Continuing Visualization with Avizo/Hands-on Time with Short Course Data Sets

Day3 May 1

• Core digitization/imaging (James Donnelly) and SEM micro imaging (Rob Reed)
  • Foram SEM image from workshop demonstration (Danita Brandt)
• TACC Data management for images (Chris Jordan) and UAV 3D model using UAV (Josh Lambert)
• Stations 1-11

  • Station Key

  :Station 1 NextEngine/3Dimaging Aaron Wood 
  :Station 2 GeneralImaging Roger Burkhalter 
  :Station 3 Lightbox (Photosimile) Erica Clites 
  :Station 4 SmallSpecimenImaging Christina Byrd 
  :Station 5 IllustratorLineDrawings Kyle Luckenbill 
  :Station 6 SpecPrepSmokeRemove Jim Sprinkle 
  :Station 7 MultiFocusHeliconRemote Angie Thompson 
  :Station 8 ImageProcScalingImageJ Ann Molineux 
  :Station 9 WholeDrawerImaging Cissy Geigerman 
  :Station 10 ImageAttachmentDatabase Liath Appleton 
  :Station 11 Visionary Digital BK system Ben Dumont

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