Methodological considerations for analyzing trabecular architecture: An example from the primate hand

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-225

  Kivell, Tracy L ^a   Skinner, Matthew M ^a   Lazenby, Richard ^b   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body size; Cancellous bone; Carpal; Homology; Metacarpal; Volume of interest

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CARPAL BONE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; HAND; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; METACARPAL BONE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CAPITATE BONE; METACARPAL BONES; PRIMATES; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

PRIMATES;

EID: 78650859925     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01314.x     Document Type: Article

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