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Once prepared, TMP 94.1 2.602 and its foam cradle were placed on a General<br />

Electric CT scanner. The combination of the breadth of the x-ray impulse normal<br />

to the long axis of the metatarsus, the distance the specimen moved between<br />

scans, and overlap of breadth of successive impulses, contrived to sample 297<br />

continuous slices. The samples had a thickness of 2 mm with slice intervals of 1<br />

mm, and the overlap ensured that there were effectively no interslice gaps.<br />

Scanner output was configured to 140 kVp and 170 mA, the technique settings<br />

that produce the best readings from dense bone. Density readings were sent to a<br />

G.E. CEMAX medical imaging console, and slice image files were output onto<br />

hard copy transparency and DAT tape.<br />

With the data in hand, Mr. Daleo reconstnicted the metatarsal voxel data into<br />

three dimensions using density detedion and stacking algorithms. These<br />

reconstmctions were further manipulated, viewed, and printed in various<br />

orientations for study.<br />

Additional CT sans of an Albedosaurvs samphagus metatarsus (TMP<br />

81.1 0.1) were perfomed at the radiology department of Foothills Hospital in<br />

Calgary, Alberta, on a Toshiba CT scanner. This specimen had been dnlled<br />

along its plantar surface in preparation for display, and affixed to a metal frame.<br />

The disparity of densities between bone and metal made 30 reconstruction<br />

problematic, but scout image scans (at 120 kVp and 40 mA) revealed that<br />

articulation surfaces were undistorted. Scanning proceeded at 120 kVp and 120<br />

mA; a total of 273 sections were imaged, effecüvely at 2mm thickness with no<br />

interslice gaps. The images were output onto transparencies.

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