TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zanolli, Clément
A1  - Schillinger, Burkhard
A1  - Beaudet, Amélie
A1  - Kullmer, Ottmar
A1  - Macchiarelli, Roberto
A1  - Mancini, Lucia
A1  - Schrenk, Friedemann
A1  - Tuniz, Claudio
A1  - Vodopivec, Vladimira
T1  - Exploring hominin and non-hominin primate dental fossil remains with neutron microtomography
T2  - Physics procedia
N2  - Fossil dental remains are an archive of unique information for paleobiological studies. Computed microtomography based on X-ray microfocus sources (X-μCT) and Synchrotron Radiation (SR-μCT) allow subtle quantification at the micron and sub-micron scale of the meso- and microstructural signature imprinted in the mineralized tissues, such as enamel and dentine, through high-resolution “virtual histology”. Nonetheless, depending on the degree of alterations undergone during fossilization, X-ray analyses of tooth tissues do not always provide distinct imaging contrasts, thus preventing the extraction of essential morphological and anatomical details. We illustrate here by three examples the successful application of neutron microtomography (n-μCT) in cases where X-rays have previously failed to deliver contrasts between dental tissues of fossilized specimen.
KW  - Neutron Radiography
KW  - Neutron Imaging
KW  - Neutron Computed Tomography
KW  - CCD Camera
KW  - Paleontology
Y1  - 2017
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/77409
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-774095
SN  - 1875-3892
VL  - 88
SP  - 109
EP  - 115
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -