Modeling

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  • Osborn, M.L., Rau, A.R.P. & Homberger, D.G. subm. Free-Body Force Analysis of the Human Shoulder Suspension Apparatus: Development and Comparative Evaluation of 2D and 3D Computational Approaches. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
  • Wood, B.M. & Homberger, D.G. 2018. 3D MRI Modeling of Thin and Spatially Complex Soft Tissue Structures without Shrinkage: Lamprey Myosepta as an Example. Anatomical Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.23857
  • Wood, B.M., Gudo, M. & Homberger, D.G. 2018. Histology and 3D Modeling of the Connective Tissue Skeleton in the Trunk of a Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). FASEB J., 32 (April; Suppl.): TBA
  • Sonnier, B.N. 2018. 3D modeling and animation of the human jaw joint, including TMJD. Honors Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
  • Sonnier, B. & Homberger, D.G. 2018. 3D Modeling and Animation of the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) of a Human Male with Implications for the Study of TMJ Dysfunction. FASEB J., 32 (April; Suppl.): TBA
  • Homberger, D.G. 2018. Applications of non-destructive 3D data acquisition and processing for biomechanical computation, soft tissue visualization, and 4D real-life animation. FASEB J., 32 (April; Suppl.): TBA
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2017. Free-body Diagram Force Analysis in 2D and 3D: A Tool to Study Comparative Vertebrate Biomechanics. FASEB J., 31 (April, Suppl.): 577.9 http://www.fasebj.org/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.577.9
  • Wood, B.M., Jia, G., Carmichael. O., McKlveen, K., Homberger, D.G. 2017. 3D Imaging using MRI of a Non-mineralized Complex Organism: The Jawless Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) as a Model. FASEB J., 31 (April, Suppl.): 903.1 http://www.fasebj.org/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.903.1?related-urls=yes&legid=fasebj%3B31%2F1_Supplement%2F903.1
  • Cozic, A.M. & Homberger, D.G. 2016. The role of cervical air sacs in the vocalization of songbirds. Anatomical Record 299 (Special Feature: ICVM11-2016 Program and Abstracts): 41, 258-259
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2016. The head suspension apparatus of cats and the shoulder suspension apparatus of humans: Modeling a macroevolutionary transformation with extant organisms. Anatomical Record 299 (Special Feature: ICVM11-2016 Program and Abstracts): 27, 134-135.
  • Wood, B.M., Kynard, B.E. & Homberger, D.G. 2016. Modeling the skeletomuscular system in Sea Lampreys (Petromyzon marinus): An integrative approach from microdissection, 3D imaging, and field observations. Anatomical Record 299 (Special Feature: ICVM11-2016 Program and Abstracts): 41, 261.
  • Cozic, A.M. & Homberger, D.G. 2015. The Paired Cervico-Cephalic Air Sacs and their Role in the Vocalizations of Songbirds. FASEB J., 29 (April, Suppl.): 867.9.
  • Osborn, M.L. & Homberger, D.G. 2015. The Human Shoulder Suspension Apparatus: A Causal Explanation for Bilateral Asymmetry and a Fresh Look at the Evolution of Human Bipedality. Anat. Rec., 298 (9): 1572–1588. doi:10.1002/ar.23178. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26054034 . See also Anatomy Now (Newsletter of the American Association of Anatomists), September 2015.
  • Blevins, C.E., Ge, J., Suthers, R.A. & Homberger, D.G. 2014. An animated 3D model of the synchronous movements of the suprasyringeal structures and organs in the neck of a vocalizing songbird, the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis). FASEB J., 28 (April, Suppl.): 918.8
  • Blevins, C.E., Ge, J., Suthers, R.A. & Homberger, D.G. 2014. Modeling a Complex Skeleto-Muscular System in 3D: The Vocalizing Behavior of a Songbird, the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis). Integr. Comp. Biol. 54 (suppl 1): e20. doi: 10.1093/icb/icu008
  • Homberger, D.G. 2014. The Interdependent Evolution of the Flight, Feeding, Respiratory and Vocalization Apparatus in Birds: Advances in 3D Visualization and Animation. Ornithological Science, 13 (Supplement): 167. http://ioc26.ornithology.jp/ioc26_abst-all.pdf
  • Osborn, M.L., Ge, J., K.P. Melancon, A.R.P. Rau & D.G. Homberger. 2014. Bad Posture and its Effects on the Neck and Shoulder Suspension Apparatus of Humans: A 3D Biomechanical Analysis. Integr. Comp. Biol. 54 (suppl 1): e158. doi: 10.1093/icb/icu008
  • Blevins, C.E. 2013. The vocal mechanism of two songbirds, the Bengalese Finch (Lonchura striata) and the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis): 3D modeling of complex skeleto-muscular systems based on computer visualization and animation of x-ray CT data. Honors Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
  • Osborn, M.L. 2013. The comparative anatomy of the head, neck, and shoulder of human beings and tetrapods. Ph.D. Dissertation. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04112013-203731/
  • Osborn, M.L., Ge, J., Melancon, K.P., Rau, A.R.P. & Homberger, D.G. 2013. The Effect of Posture on the Neck and Shoulder Suspension Apparatus of Humans: A 3D Biomechanical Analysis. FASEB J., 27 (April 9):747.5
  • Blevins, C.E., Ge, J., Suthers, R.A. & Homberger, D.G. 2013. Depicting Structure and Function of Complex Skeleto-Muscular Systems in 3D: The Singing Behavior of a Songbird, Cardinalis cardinalis, as a Model for Human Speech. FASEB J., 27 (April 9):531.3
  • Dubansky, B.H. & Homberger, D.G. 2012. The expansion and recoil mechanism of the skin of alligators and its implications for their feeding mechanism. FASEB J., 26 (March 29): 723.2
  • Hopkins, B.A. & Homberger, D.G. 2011. Functional morphology of the cranio-cervical integument and constrictor musculature in Alligator mississippiensis. FASEB J., 25 (March 17): 867.3.
  • Lapucha, M. 2011. A Tutorial of Manual Segmentation Using the Visualization Program Avizo® as Illustrated by the Skeleton of the Spiny Dogfish Shark, Squalus acanthias.Honors Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
  • Wood, B.M. 2011. Modeling a Model Organism: The Lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Honors Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
  • Homberger, D. G. 2001. The evolution of the avian integument: A model exemplifying the process of macroevolutionary transformation. J. Morph., 248 (3): 242.
  • Bock, W.J. & Homberger, D.G. 1988. Questions, explanations, models and tests in morphology: The interaction between hypotheses and empirical observations. Symposium at the annual meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, Division of Vertebrate Morphology, Baltimore, MD, 29 December 1985. Published in American Zoologist, 28 (1): 183-288.
  • Homberger, D. G. 1988. Models and tests in morphology: The significance of description and integration. Amer. Zool., 28 (1): 217-229.
  • Bock, W. J. & D. G. Homberger. 1988. Preface. (Symposium: Questions, Explanations, Models and Tests in Morphology: The Interaction Between Hypotheses and Empirical Observations). Amer. Zool., 28 (1): 185-187.