Three-dimensional reconstruction of medieval child mummy in Yangju, Korea, using multi-detector computed tomography

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 558-568

  Lee, In Sun ^a   Kim, Myeung Ju ^a   Yoo, Dong Soo ^a   Lee, Young Seok ^a   Park, Sung Sil ^b   Bok, Gi Dae ^b   Han, Seung Ho ^c   Chung, Yoon Hee ^d   Chang, Byung Soo ^e   Yi, Yang Su ^f   Oh, Chang Seok ^g   Shin, Dong Hoon ^h  

^a Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^e Hanseo University   (South Korea)

^f Jinju National Museum   (South Korea)

^g University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Image database; Medieval mummy; Multi detector computed tomography (MDCT); Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KOREA; LIVER; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTHUMOUS CARE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 35348913684     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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