Editors:
- Numerous color figures
- Integration of classical methods and modern imaging techniques in the fields of comparative anatomy and evolutionary morphology
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book presents selected works of contemporary evolutionary morphologists and includes such topics as broad scale reconstructions of the brain and ear of dinosaurs, inference of locomotor habits from cancellous bone architecture in fossil primates, and a comparison of the independently evolved manipulating apparatuses in the lesser and giant pandas. Insight is provided into the application of modern noninvasive technologies, including digital imaging techniques and virtual 3D reconstruction, to the investigation of complex anatomical features and coherences. In combination with traditional methods, this allows for the formulation of improved hypotheses on coordinated function and evolution. The creation of virtual translucent specimens makes it possible to realize the age-old dream of the classical anatomists: looking through the skin into the inner organization of an organism. On full display here is the dramatic and promising impact that modern imaging techniques have on scientific progress in evolutionary morphology.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This slim volume … aims to present examples of modern approaches to the illustration of comparative morphological research. … Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and faculty." (E. Delson, Choice, Vol. 46 (9), May, 2009)
Editors and Affiliations
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The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Hideki Endo
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Research Group: Reproduction Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin, Germany
Roland Frey
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Anatomical Imaging
Book Subtitle: Towards a New Morphology
Editors: Hideki Endo, Roland Frey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-76933-0
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Tokyo 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-76932-3Published: 01 September 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-99842-6Published: 21 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-76933-0Published: 05 February 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLVI, 110
Topics: Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Evolutionary Biology, Paleontology, Zoology, Imaging / Radiology