Easier said than done: unexpected hurdles to preparing ∼1,000 cranial CT scans for data collection from an online digital repository.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As science becomes more open and accessible, researchers are increasingly encouraged-and sometimes required-to share their digital data on public repositories. While this promotes transparency and reusability, it can also introduce challenges. We highlight one such challenge by detailing our experience processing computerized tomography (CT) scans of 985 baboon skulls downloaded from MorphoSource, part of a quantitative genetic study of craniodental variation in the pedigreed baboon colony from the Southwest National Primate Research Center. When importing DICOM files into 3D Slicer, 182 of the 985 scans (18.5%) generated an "inconsistent slice spacing" error. When prompted, 3D Slicer "corrected" this by regularizing the slice spacing. However, this led to a mismatch bet

SUBMITTER: Modesto-Mata M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12548635 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature