Databases

Hosted by Duke University, MorphoSource is a project-based data archive that allows researchers to store and organize, share, and distribute their own 3d data. Furthermore any registered user can immediately search for and download 3d morphological data sets that have been made accessible through the consent of data authors. The goal of MorphoSource is to provide rapid access to as many researchers and educators as possible, large numbers of raw microCt data and surface meshes representing vouchered specimens. MorphoSource is currently funded by four NSF grants to Duke and a long term commitment from Duke. It has just been refactored and launched as a Hyrax repository. For more info see the MorphoSource webpage.
Facilities

Duke MICRO-CT Facility The Nikon XT H 225 ST micro x-ray computed tomography scanner (XRCT, µCT or MicroCT) produces high resolution (micrometer scale), 3D and 2D images of a sample’s interior and exterior by projecting a x-ray beam through a sample and observing the sample's interaction with the beam via a radiographic/x-ray image. The machine is used by the Boyer lab to generate imagery of fossil and extant collections that are posted to MorphoSource. All SMIF instruments are accessible to external (non-duke) users. See the SMIF website for details.
Software

An R package (auto3dgm) and supporting R functions (alignFix.R) are provided here for automatic alignment of 3D mesh bone models. See Boyer et al. (2015) for supporting information.
*Development supported in part by NSF BCS 1317525 and BCS 1304045.
More details, web tutorials, and downloads
Direct software downloads
- auto3dgm (r package)
+supporting document for auto3dgm
- alignFix.R
+supporting documentation for alignFix.R
New Slicer extension for auto3dgm available as of July 2020! (supported by DBI-1759839)
*Development supported in part by NSF BCS 1317525 and BCS 1304045.
More details, web tutorials, and downloads
Direct software downloads
- auto3dgm (r package)
+supporting document for auto3dgm
- alignFix.R
+supporting documentation for alignFix.R
New Slicer extension for auto3dgm available as of July 2020! (supported by DBI-1759839)