Visualization of intracranial structures in early human embryos using 3-D computer graphics technique

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 243-256

  Branco Soares Jr , Sergio ^a   Ohata, Kenji ^a   Hakuba, Akira ^a   Nakatsu, Tomoko ^b   Uwabe, Chigako ^c   Shiota, Kohei ^b,c  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D visualization; Computer reconstruction; Human embryos; Human organogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642631729     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.1996.tb00322.x     Document Type: Article

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