Visualising muscle anatomy using three-dimensional computer models - an example using the head and neck muscles of Sphenodon

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Curtis, Neil ^a   Jones, Marc E H ^b   Evans, Susan E ^b   O'Higgins, Paul ^c   Fagan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D; Head; Imaging; Muscle; Myology; Neck

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; IMAGING METHOD; MUSCLE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 77954634224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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