Project Description
The Digital Fish Library (DFL) is a collaborative project at the University of California, San Diego between the Center for Scientific Computation in Imaging (CSCI), the Center for functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CfMRI) and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), including the Birch Aquarium at Scripps.
The DFL mission is to catalog the anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data of fishes from most major saltwater, and many freshwater genera to provide a resource for research and education.
While MRI is typically used to image injuries or brain activity, this novel application of the imaging technology preserves the long-term integrity of specimens and allows anyone to access and gather data from high-resolution, 3D images of the fishes.
Since its inception in June 2005 through a grant from the National Science Foundation, the DFL library of scanned fishes continues to grow. It will soon include over 1000 specimens that represent each of the 515 known fish families.
Visit the DIGITAL FISH LIBRARY.
