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Sylvain Bernard et al. (2007): Exceptional preservation of fossil plant spores in high-pressure. metamorphic rocks. PDF file, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 262: 257-272.
C.K. Boyce et al. (2009): X-ray photoelectron emission spectromicroscopic analysis of arborescent lycopsid cell wall composition and Carboniferous coal ball preservation. PDf file, International Journal of Coal Geology.
C. Kevin Boyce et al. (2002): Organic chemical differentiation within fossil plant cell walls detected with X-ray spectromicroscopy. Abstract, Geology, 30: 1039-1042.
Charles Daghlian (Dartmouth College, Hannover, NH) and Jennifer Svitko, Paleobotanical Holdings at the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University: Paleoclusia 3D Reconstructions. Movies from CT scans done on the Turonian fossils. See also here (W.L. Crepet and K.C. Nixon 1998, abstract and photos).
C. Kevin Boyce et al. (2003): CHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR CELL WALL LIGNIFICATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF TRACHEIDS IN EARLY DEVONIAN PLANTS. Int. J. Plant Sci., 164: 691–702.
William D. Carlson (2006): Three-dimensional imaging of earth and planetary materials. In PDF, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 249: 133-147.
M.L. DeVore et al. (2006): Utility of high resolution x-ray computed tomography (HRXCT) for paleobotanical studies: An example using london clay fruits and seeds. American journal of botany, 93: 1848-1851.
Dagmar Dietrich et al. (2000): Analytical X-Ray Microscopy on Psaronius sp.: A Contribution to Permineralization Process Studies. Abstract, Mikrochim. Acta, 133: 279-283.
The Digital Morphology (part of the National Science Foundation). The Digital Morphology library is a dynamic archive of information on digital morphology and high-resolution X-ray computed tomography of biological specimens.
A.M.T. Elewa (2011): Computational Paleontology. Provided by Google books.
Aaron G. Filler, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute for Nerve Medicine, Santa Monica, California: The History, Development and Impact of Computed Imaging in Neurological Diagnosis and Neurosurgery: CT, MRI, and DTI (PDF file). About Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, etc.
Else Marie Friis et al. (2007): Phase-contrast X-ray microtomography links Cretaceous seeds with Gnetales and Bennettitales. PDF file, Nature, 450: 549-552.
Ann Gibbons (2007): Paleontologists Get X-ray Vision. Science Vol. 318: 1546-1547.
Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American: Megavoltage CT Imaging Unlocks Fossil Mysteries. The proficiency of cancer-care computerized tomography on geologic finds.
Anette E.S. Högström et al. (2009): A pyritized lepidocoleid machaeridian (Annelida) from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate, Germany. PDF file, Proc. R. Soc. B, 276: 1981-1986. This paper is exemplary in its combination of X-ray and CT of animal body fossils.
Karen Lee et al. (2006): Visualizing Plant Development and Gene Expression in Three Dimensions Using Optical Projection Tomography. Abstract, Plant Cell, 8(9): 2145–2156.
D. Mietchen et al. (2008): Three-dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of fossils across taxa PDF file, Biogeosciences, 5: 25-41. Fossil cones of the conifer Pararaucaria patagonica. See also here.
National Center for X-ray Tomography (NXCT)
Karen Lee et al. (2006): Visualizing Plant Development and Gene Expression in Three Dimensions Using Optical Projection Tomography. Abstract, Plant Cell, 8(9): 2145–2156.
K.B. Pigg et al. (2006): VALUE OF HRXCT FOR SYSTEMATIC STUDIES OF PYRITIZED FOSSIL FRUITS. Abstract, 2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America.
! Imogen Poole and Geoffrey E. Lloyd (2000): Alternative SEM techniques for observing pyritised fossil material. PDF file, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 112: 287-295.
F. Riquelme et al. (2009): Palaeometry: Non-destructive analysis of fossil materials. In PDF.
D. Schwarz et al. (2005): Neutron Tomography of Internal Structures of Vertebrate Remains: A Comparison with X-Ray Computed Tomography. Palaeontologica Electronica Volume 8, Issue 2.
! Andrew C. Scott et al. (2009): Scanning Electron Microscopy and Synchrotron Radiation X-Ray Tomographic Microscopy of 330 Million Year Old Charcoalified Seed Fern Fertile Organs. PDF file, Microsc. Microanal., 15: 166-173.
! Andrew C. Scott and Margaret E. Collinson (2003): Non-destructive multiple approaches to interpret the preservation of plant fossils: implications for calcium-rich permineralisations. PDF file, Journal of the Geological Society, 160: 857-862. See also here.
! Selena Y. Smith et al. (2009): Virtual taphonomy using synchrotron tomographic microscopy reveals cryptic features and internal structure of modern and fossil plants. Abstract and free PDF (4.5 MB), PNAS, 106: 12013-12018. Excellent!
M. Speranza et al. (2010): Traditional and new microscopy techniques applied to the study of microscopic fungi included in amber. PDF file, In: A. Méndez-Vilas and J. Díaz (eds.): Microscopy: Science, Technology, Applications and Education.
Robert A. Spicer (1977): The pre-depositional formation of some leaf impressions. PDF file, Palaeontology, 20: 907–912.
Wolfgang H. Stuppy et al. (2003): Three-dimensional analysis of plant structure using high-resolution X-ray computed tomography. PDF file, Trends in Plant Science, 8.
! M.D. Sutton (2008): Tomographic techniques for the study of exceptionally preserved fossils. PDF file, Proc. R. Soc. B, 275: 1587-1593.
P. Tafforeau et al. (2007): Nature of laminations and mineralization in rhinoceros enamel using histology and X-ray synchrotron microtomography: Potential implications for palaeoenvironmental isotopic studies. Abstract, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 246: 206-227.
Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, DC: micro-XANES. Synchrotron Based Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy and Microspectroscopy (C-, N-, O-XANES).
M.W. Westneat et al. (2008): Advances in biological structure, function, and physiology using synchrotron X-ray imaging. PDF file, Annu. Rev. Physiol., 70.
! Sirelious White (2006): Digital Dissection of Radiographs, Using the Early Cretaceous Bird Confuciusornis and Photoshop CS2TM. PDF file, Diss., University of New Orleans.
Scott L. Wing (1992): High-Resolution Leaf X-Radiography in Systematics and Paleobotany. American Journal of Botany, Vol. 79: 1320-1324.
! A. Ziegler et al. (2010):
Opportunities
and challenges for digital morphology. In PDF,
Biology Direct.
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