Re: MRI and dino eggs, etc. Murdoch

[doyle@tiac.net (Sean Doyle)]

Kenneth Carpenter writes:
>As I stated before, all of the techniques have not been successful at
>demonstrating EMBRYOS within eggs.  I am aware that the shell shows up
>nicely in CT, X-ray, MRI, etc., but that was not the point I was
>discussing.  The calcite of the shell is usually the original shell, so
>has a different density than the surrounding and infilled matrix.

This is an ignorant question... but what about ultrasound? I would imagine
that there would have to be pretty sophisticated filtering of the
return signals. I also don't know if the resolution is adequate for
the level of detail needed. Has anyone tried this?

Sean Doyle
doyle@tiac.net