Estimating mass properties of dinosaurs using laser imaging and 3D computer modelling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Bates, Karl T ^a   Manning, Phillip L ^a   Hodgetts, David ^a   Sellers, William I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; EXTINCT SPECIES; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LASER; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKELETON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; TYRANNOSAURUS REX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84887212585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004532     Document Type: Article

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