The Trier mummy Pa-es-tjau-em-aui-nu: Radiological and histological findings

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1854-1862

  Sigmund, G ^a   Minas, M ^b  

^a Kranken Mutterhaus Borromaerinnen ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer assisted tomography; CT; Egyptian mummies; Histology; Mummies; Mummification; Palaeoradiology; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EGYPT; FLUOROSCOPY; GERMANY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS; FEMALE; RADIOGRAPHY;

EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUMMIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036631958     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1182-4     Document Type: Article

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