Virtual anthropology: The digital evolution in anthropological sciences

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 69-80

  Weber, Gerhard W ^a   Schäfer, Katrin ^b   Prossinger, Hermann ^b   Gunz, Philipp ^b   Mitteröcker, Philipp ^b   Seidler, Horst ^b  

^a Institute for Anthropology   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3D data; CT scans; Electronic preparation; Geometric morphometrics; Paleoanthropology; Segmentation; Stereolithography; Virtual anthropology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0035288119     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.20.69     Document Type: Article

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