CARTA to digitize extensive primate collection this summer

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The resulting scans, using DICOM metadata and software, will allow CARTA members and other users to digitally manipulate the images for detailed analysis and instant digital measurement without ever handling the actual physical specimens. The CARTA databases will become available via the organization's newly created web site (http://carta.anthropogeny.org), which is also housed at SDSC, an organized research unit of UC San Diego. Along with the UC San Diego division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), SDSC provides IT infrastructure support and informatics for CARTA, which was formally established in early 2008 under a partnership between the university and the Salk Institute.