Plastinated sectional anatomy applied in CT and MRI studies of the body of the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous)
Mayla Magalhães de Oliveira Alcobaça, Athelson Stefanon Bittencourt, Yuri Favalessa Monteiro, Khallil Taverna Chaim, Aureo Banhos, Flavia María Pía Montenegro Donoso, Marilú Cristofoli, Antônio Chaves de Assis Neto · 2026
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Mayla Magalhães de Oliveira Alcobaça and team matched preserved anatomy with CT and MRI scans of the crab-eating fox. Their 2026 work takes on a wild South American canid, Cerdocyon thous, often killed on roads in Brazil, whose fine anatomy stays thin for vet diagnosis and surgery. True sectional anatomy is key for reading scans in species with no full atlas.
Four animals had CT and MRI, followed by cold-temperature silicone plastination through fixation, drying, impregnation, and curing, plus 3D rendering and virtual dissection. Crosswise preserved slices detailed head, neck, thorax, abdomen, and pelvis, matched to imaging planes by metamerism, the segmental body plan. The work shows that plastination-imaging matching can lift anatomical knowledge and scan reading for little-studied wild species.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mayla Magalhães de Oliveira Alcobaça, Athelson Stefanon Bittencourt, Yuri Favalessa Monteiro, Khallil Taverna Chaim, Aureo Banhos, Flavia María Pía Montenegro Donoso, Marilú Cristofoli, Antônio Chaves de Assis Neto |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 97 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |