Fourier analysis of human sagittal sutures

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 482-493

  Wu, Yii Der ^a   Chien, Chi Hui ^a   Chao, Yuh J ^b   Yu, Jack C ^c   Williamson, Mathew A ^d  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CT image; Discrete Fourier transform; Human skull; Sagittal suture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SKULL SUTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL SUTURES; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548670722     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/06-122.1     Document Type: Article

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