Using diagnostic radiology in human evolutionary studies

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-76

  Spoor, Fred ^a   Jeffery, Nathan ^a   Zonneveld, Frans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3 D visualisation; Computed tomography; Fetal; Hominin fossils; Human evolution; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FETUS (ANATOMY); HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FETUS; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALEONTOLOGY; PAPIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033853446     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299006408     Document Type: Review

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