Computerized restoration of nonhomogeneous deformation of a fossil cranium based on bilateral symmetry

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Ogihara, Naomichi ^a   Nakatsukasa, Masato ^a   Nakano, Yoshihiko ^b   Ishida, Hidemi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Proconsul; Surface model; Thin plate spline

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FOSSIL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SKULL;

EID: 33646240037     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20332     Document Type: Article

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