Three-dimensional computer imaging of hominid fossils: A new step in human evolution studies

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 264-270

  Mafart, Bertrand ^a,b,c   Guipert, Gaspard ^a   De Lumley, Marie Antoinette ^a   Subsol, Gérard ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Université de Médecine   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MINERALIZATION; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; RESEARCH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 5444264026     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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