Digital forensic osteology;Digitale forensische osteologie

Rechtsmedizin

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-34

  Verhoff, M A ^f   Ramsthaler, F ^a   Krahahn J ^b,f   Gille, R J ^f   Kage, P ^f   Kage, S ^f   Durschnabel, M ^f   Strunk, J ^f   Deml, U ^c   Grabherr, S ^d   Jackowski, C ^d   Ross, S ^d   Oesterhelweg, L ^d   Thali, M ^d   Kreutz, K ^b,e  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institut für Biologie und Chemie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e Institut fur Forensische Anthropologie   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Forensic osteology; Multislice computed tomography; Osteometry; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOMETRY; SKELETON; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847220431     PISSN: 09379819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00194-006-0407-x     Document Type: Article

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