A 3D interactive method for estimating body segmental parameters in animals: Application to the turning and running performance of Tyrannosaurus rex

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 246, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 660-680

  Hutchinson, John R ^a   Ng Thow Hing, Victor ^b   Anderson, Frank C ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

B spline; Inertia; Mass; Model; Tyrannosaurus

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; ESTIMATION METHOD; INERTIA; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SOFTWARE;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DINOSAUR; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TYRANNOSAURUS REX;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DINOSAURS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RUNNING; SOFTWARE; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TYRANNOSAURUS; TYRANNOSAURUS REX;

EID: 34248182091     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.01.023     Document Type: Article

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