The Elgin marvel: Using magnetic resonance imaging to look at a mouldic fossil from the Permian of Elgin, Scotland, UK

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-273

  Clark, Neil D L ^a   Adams, Calum ^b   Lawton, Tristan ^c   Cruickshank, Arthur R I ^d   Woods, Karen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d New Walk Museum   (United Kingdom)

^e WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT; Dicynodont; Moldic fossil; MRI; Permian

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; MOULD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1542269075     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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