Paleoradiology: Advanced CT in the evaluation of nine Egyptian mummies

Radiographics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 377-385

  Hoffman, Heidi ^a   Torres, William E ^a   Ernst, Randy D ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), thin section, **.121182; Computed tomography (CT), three dimensional, **.12117; Computed tomography (CT), utilization; Computed tomography (CT), volume rendering; Mummies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MUMMIES; PALEOPATHOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036514948     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.22.2.g02mr13377     Document Type: Review

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