Dear Ariane, dear all,
there has been an article in the latest volume of "Quartaer" on this topic: "Experiences with low and high cost 3D surface scanner, Astrid Slizewski & Patrick Semal". You can take a look at the abstract at:
http://www.quartaer.eu/QU56_eng.html
For those interested in a pdf, please contact me offline, in case of a large number, I will post it on the zooarch social network that Jim Morris introduced to us recently.
All the best,
Vern.
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Werner Müller
Laboratoire d'archéozoologie
Université de Neuchâtel
Avenue de Bellevaux 51, CP 158
CH-2009 Neuchâtel
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Date d'envoi : mardi 25 août 2009 22:36
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Objet : [ZOOARCH] Precision in osteometry
Calling all osteometrics buffs... we are contemplating the purchase of a 3D scanner and have been looking at a relatively inexpensive model made by Zcorps; it is easy to use and has many other advantages over the Minolta range 7 scanner. However, it only offers a resolution of 0.05mm, albeit in three dimensions. The Minolta range 7, on the other hand, offers 4 microns - in one dimension only. The accuracy of both instruments is the same (40 microns). Does anyone out there have experience using 3D scanners with greater than 0.05mm precision and do they see a clear choice here?
If so please advise... although it is always tempting to get "the best" it might not always be necessary (or possible)...
Thank you,
AB
Prof. Ariane Burke,
Dept. d'anthropologie,
Université de Montréal,
C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville
Montreal, QC
Canada, H3C 3J7
Tel. 514-343-6574 Fax. 514-343-2494
http://www.mapageweb.umontreal.ca/burkea/
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