UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 23 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State researchers in the Center for Quantitative Imaging (CQI) used advanced image processing to create high-resolution computer-generated 3D models, called meshes, and visualizations of polychaete worms for the Smithsonian Institution. The digital models of these aquatic segmented worms preserve the biological specimens in detail and allow researchers worldwide to examine key anatomical features without handling the original material.

Odette Mina, director of the Institute of Energy and the Environment's laboratories, and Michelle Quigley, assistant research professor and lead researcher at CQI, spoke about how ...