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A New Method of Digital Whitening of Macrofossil Images

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A new method of digital whitening of macrofossil images is based on the processing of a series of photographs of a fossil and represents a variation of the conversion photogrammetry method. It does not require 3-D modelling or specialized and expensive resources. The method is technically simple and fast. It has been tested on the imaging of large and medium-sized macrofossils, but it can also be used in the photography of small fossils, including microfossils.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 18-05-01070).

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Kiselev, D.N. A New Method of Digital Whitening of Macrofossil Images. Paleontol. J. 55, 462–467 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030121040079

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