X-ray Reconstruction of Moving Morphology explained

X-ray Reconstruction of Moving Morphology or XROMM is a scientific research technique. Scientists use it to create 3D images and videos of moving skeletal systems in living organisms.^[1]

In XROMM, radio-opaque bone markers are implanted inside a living organism, which allows the X-ray video system to calculate accurate bone marker coordinates as the organism moves.

XROMM was invented at Brown University.^[2]

XROMM can be used to model such movements as birds in flight, humans running, frogs jumping, and a toad swallowing its prey.^{[3] [4]}

Original description

• Brainerd, E.L., S.M. Gatesy, D.B. Baier, T.L. Hedrick, K.A. Metzger, J. Crisco, and S.L. Gilbert . 2010. X-ray Reconstruction of Moving Morphology (XROMM): applications and accuracy in comparative biomechanics research..

Notes and References

1. Web site: X-Ray Reconstruction of Moving Morphology (XROMM) Facility. Brown University. November 15, 2022.
2. Web site: History. November 15, 2022. Xromm.org.
3. A hard pillbug to swallow: First X-rays of frog feeding show how they consume prey . Florida Museum of Natural History. Eurekalert. November 15, 2022. November 15, 2022.
4. XROMM Analysis of Feeding Mechanics in Toads: Interactions of the Tongue, Hyoid, and Pectoral Girdle. R M Keeffe. R W Blob. D C Blackburn. C J Mayerl. Integrative Organismal Biology. 4. 1. November 15, 2022. obac045. November 15, 2022. 10.1093/iob/obac045. free. 9665897.