Differentiating Fragmented Human and Nonhuman Long Bone Using Osteon Circularity

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 287-294

  Crescimanno, Annamaria ^a   Stout, Sam D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circularity; Differentiate; Forensic; Fragmented bone; Histomorphology; Nonhuman; Osteon

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; DEER; DOG; FEMALE; HAVERSIAN CANAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DEER; DOGS; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 84857439807     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01973.x     Document Type: Article

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