Andrew Douglas McQuiston BS, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

U. Joseph Schoepf MD, Abstract Co-Author: Research Grant, Bracco Group Research Grant, Bayer AG Research Grant, General Electric Company Research Grant, Siemens AG

Carlo Nicola de Cecco MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Christian Canstein, Abstract Co-Author: Employee, Siemens AG

Callie Crawford, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Gavin Naylor PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

1. To gain information on the structural differences between various species of closely related sharks, skates and stingrays using 3rd generation dual-source CT. 2. To assess different acquisition parameters, including dual-energy CT, and reconstruction algorithms for producing optimal images of bony and cartilaginous structures in these species. 3. To gain insights into the evolutionary branching patterns of different species of sharks, skates, and stingrays via non-destructive, comparative CT assessment of species-specific morphology.  

Background information on the evolutionary branching of sharks, skates and stingrays.  Description of technical parameters used to image species of different shapes and sizes. Examples illustrating the application of various reconstruction algorithms and post-processing techniques to sharks, skates and stingrays and the unique images produced. Synthesis of theories and methods for deriving patterns of evolutionary branching from CT morphology.  

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McQuiston, A, Schoepf, U, de Cecco, C, Canstein, C, Crawford, C, Naylor, G, Evolutionary Branching Patterns Hidden in Anatomical Structures of Sharks, Skates and Stingrays Elucidated by CT.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14013710.html