Quantitative CT of dinosaur bones

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 821-824

  Golder, Werner ^a   Christian, Andreas ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone density; Computed tomography (CT); Dinosaurs; Functional analysis; Tendaguru

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BONE DENSITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITOMETRIC; DINOSAUR; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; LONG BONE; MORPHOMETRICS; PALAEONTOLOGIST; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; TENDAGURU;

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; INFORMATION CENTER; LIMB; LONG BONE; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036760527     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200209000-00027     Document Type: Article

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