Nondestructive insights into composition of the sculpture of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti with CT

Radiology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 233-240

  Huppertz, Alexander ^a   Wildung, Dietrich ^b   Kemp, Barry J ^c   Nentwig, Tanja ^a,d   Asbach, Patrick ^a   Rasche, Franz Maximilian ^e   Hamm, Bernd ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Egyptian Museum of Berlin   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE;

ART; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EGYPT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC FIGURE;

EGYPT; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; SCULPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64949105125     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2511081175     Document Type: Article

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