Details of Dinosaur Tail Revealed Using Spectral CT Technology
Paleontologists have made use of color spectral Computed Tomography (CT) images to obtain highly detailed images of the fossilized tail of a 66 million year old …
How did dinosaurs deliver bone-crushing bites
image: The researchers used CT scans of dinosaur fossils and modern-day specimens to create a 3D computer model of a dinosaur jaw and identify where muscles attach to bone.
Tail bone shows dinosaurs got tumours, too
CT scans and an examination of its microscopic structure showed that the "button-shaped protuberance" on the tail vertebrae wasn't just a strange area of bone growth – it also appeared to...
Tyrannosaurus rex Mystery Solved: How Dinosaurs …
The researchers used CT scans of dinosaur fossils and modern-day specimens to create a 3D computer model of a dinosaur jaw and identify where muscles attach to bone. They then used the model to simulate muscle forces under …
First Evidence of Parasites in Dinosaur Bones Found
There, they were able to do a CT scan of the bone. It was the first time a 3-D model had ever been created of a fossil with this type of pathology. …
Claws, Jaws and Spikes: The Science of the …
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Medical CT Scans Help Uncover Dinosaur Bones in …
Now 100 years later, the cases themselves are historical artifacts. To peer inside them non-invasively, researchers used medical computed tomography (CT) scans to reveal the dinosaur bones within, as well as …
This 99-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tail Trapped in Amber …
Researchers took a closer look at the amber piece using CT scans and realized that it belonged to a true dinosaur, not an ancient . The researchers detailed their find in a …
Beat-up duck-billed dinosaur had cracked …
Using computed X-ray tomography (CT) scans and microscopic analysis of bone samples, the researchers also identified fractures in two vertebrae in the middle of the dinosaur's tail, and...