Confocal imaging, visualization and 3-D surface measurement of small mammalian teeth

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 108-119

  Evans, A R ^a   Harper, I S ^a   Sanson, G D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; GIS; Measurement accuracy; Morphometrics; Moulding and casting; Surface noise measurement; VRML animation

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MOLDING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

3-D SURFACE MEASUREMENT; CONFOCAL IMAGING; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENTS OF; MOLDING AND CASTING; MORPHOMETRICS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE NOISE; SURFACE NOISE MEASUREMENT; VRML ANIMATION;

MAMMALS;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BAT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTURE; MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT; MOULD; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; CHALINOLOBUS GOULDII; MAMMALIA; MICROCHIROPTERA;

EID: 0035167236     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2001.00939.x     Document Type: Article

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