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Three-dimensional (3D) digitization of biological specimens overcomes many of the problems of specimen registration attendant when using “standard” two-dimensional views or projections. External surfaces can be digitized directly by hand with electromagnetic, laser-light, sound, servo-mechanism and stereophotogrammetric devices, which are reviewed here. Single-point source laser-light devices are generally the most precise. Data may be captured directly from external or internal surfaces as adjoining tomographic slices (e.g., microscope; CT, and MR not reviewed here). The resulting stack of slices may be used to produce an isosurface image. There are a great many visualization environments available, some of which are briefly described, that facilitate the construction of isosurface images and measurement collection from Three-dimensional images. Three-dimensional models of Three-Dimensional image data are usually “printed” in plastic via a variety of new technologies briefly summarized.
The next great surge in morphometrics will involve the superb new technology of high-speed workstations. (Bookstein, 1991)
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Dean, D. (1996). Three-Dimensional Data Capture and Visualization. In: Marcus, L.F., Corti, M., Loy, A., Naylor, G.J.P., Slice, D.E. (eds) Advances in Morphometrics. NATO ASI Series, vol 284. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9083-2_5
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