Computerized assembly of neurocranial fragments based on surface extrapolation

Anthropological Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-122

  Kikuchi, Takeo ^a   Ogihara, Naomichi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assemblage; B zier surface; Computed tomography; Fossil; Virtual reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883243277     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.130618     Document Type: Article

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