Digital dissection of the pelvis and hindlimb of the red-legged running frog, Phlyctimantis maculatus, using Diffusible Iodine Contrast Enhanced computed microtomography (DICE µCT)
- Submitting institution
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Teesside University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 7382869
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.7717/peerj.7003
- Title of journal
- PeerJ
- Article number
- 7003
- First page
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- Volume
- 7
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 2167-8359
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2019
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This paper is the first (and currently only) to apply emerging DICE-CT techniques to the visualisation and analysis of adult amphibian post-cranial musculoskeletal anatomy. DICE-CT allows the visualisation of 3D muscle interactions (wrapping and transecting) that cannot be observed repeatably through traditional dissection and photography. The 3D model generated here was crucial for the construction of a novel, anatomically accurate, multi-body model puppet to run biomechanical simulations, work that is currently being prepared for publication. The open-access 3D PDF and raw scan data (requested through MorphoSource) have provided interactive teaching aids and a basis for further research.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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