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Two-Dimensional Imaging

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Advances in Morphometrics

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSA,volume 284))

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Digital image acquisition and display is compared with traditional photography. Some of the criteria used to evaluate the quality of images and tips for testing them in digital imaging are reviewed.

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  1. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, José Gutierrez Abascal, 2, Madrid, 28006, Spain

    Antonio Garcia-Valdecasas

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biology, Mail: Dept. Invertebrates, Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, New York, USA

    Leslie F. Marcus

  2. American Museum of Natural History, CPW at 79th Street, 10024, New York, New York, USA

    Leslie F. Marcus

  3. Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, via Borelli 50, 00161, Rome, Italy

    Marco Corti

  4. University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

    Anna Loy

  5. Department of Biology, Osborn Memorial Laboratory, Yale University, P.O. Box 208104, 06520-8104, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Gavin J. P. Naylor

  6. Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, 11794, Stony Brook, New York, USA

    Dennis E. Slice

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Garcia-Valdecasas, A. (1996). Two-Dimensional Imaging. 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_6

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