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Whale carcus undergoing CT scan in CSI.

Whale carcus undergoing CT scan in CSI.
Whale carcus undergoing CT scan in CSI.
Whale carcus undergoing CT scan in CSI.
Whale carcus undergoing CT scan in CSI.
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Yamato, Maya
Whale carcus undergoing CT scan in CSI.
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12/29/2011
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At WHOI, CSI stands for Computerized Scanning and Imaging Lab. The lab, which is a part of the Institution's Marine Mammal Center, has a CT scanner dedicated to marine research that produces 3-D images of samples ranging from whole or parts of animals to geologic features such as hydrothermal vent chimneys. Above, the head of a whale that died on a beach is about to be scanned. The images let scientists view internal anatomical structures intact, something not possible via traditional dissection methods. A particular focus of the CSI Lab is exploring what and how marine animals sense sound, and MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Maya Yamato is investigating the largely unknown sensory system of baleen whales.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 49, No. 1, page 5:
Yamato studies whale heads in the necropsy facility at the WHOI Marine Mammal Center and uses a CT scanner in the Computerized Scanning and Imaging Lab (CSI) to get 3-D images of their anatomy.
Photo by Maya Yamato
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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