CLASSIFICATION OF CHITINOZOA (LLANDOVERIAN, CANADA) USING IMAGE-ANALYSIS

Authors
VERRECCHIA EP VANGROOTEL G GUILLEMET G
Citation
Ep. Verrecchia et al., CLASSIFICATION OF CHITINOZOA (LLANDOVERIAN, CANADA) USING IMAGE-ANALYSIS, Microscopy microanalysis microstructures, 7(5-6), 1996, pp. 461-466
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy,Microscopy
Journal title
Microscopy microanalysis microstructures → ACNP
ISSN journal
11542799
Volume
7
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
461 - 466
Database
ISI
SICI code
1154-2799(1996)7:5-6<461:COC(CU>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Chitinozoa (Llandoverian, Canada) were studied using image analysis. A fter digitalization of the objects, shape parameters were calculated. The boundary of each fossil was then traced by a vector centred at the centroid for Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). Results of the two methods were used as variables in a hierarchical cluster analysis in order to group the samples. These results show that Chitinozoa can be signific antly classified in terms of taxa using independent shape parameters o btained by image analysis.