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Seriated CT‐Scan of a Naturalized Crocodile in the Frontal Plane
Author(s) -
LE FLOCHPRIGENT PATRICE,
VERDEILLE STEPHANE,
GILLOT JEANBERNARD
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.543.6
Subject(s) - trunk , computed tomography , anatomy , crocodile , nuclear medicine , coronal plane , medicine , geology , radiology , biology , paleontology , ecology
A 98 cm long, naturalized crocodile had been CT‐scanned all along his length when laid on the radiological table. The apparatus was a 128 detector rows 's, Siemens somatom edge CT‐scan. Near one thousand (1000) frontal cross‐sections were obtained. They revealed the removal of all the skeleton inside the skin except the head where the osseous data could be detailed. The remnant body was filled with a common material thus the shape of the neck, trunk, tail and of the four limbs could be appreciated. Thirteen (13) external views had been reconstructed from the cross‐sections and were of good morphological value. The CT‐scan has proved to be an unvaluable method in every gross‐morphological anatomical study.