Technical Note: Guidelines for the digital computation of 2D and 3D enamel thickness in hominoid teeth

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 305-313

  Benazzi, Stefano ^a   Panetta, Daniele ^b   Fornai, Cinzia ^c   Toussaint, Michel ^d   Gruppioni, Giorgio ^e   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Service Public de Wallonie   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

digital methods; enamel thickness; hominoid teeth; micro computed tomography

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENAMEL; INCISOR; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIMATE; THICKNESS; TOOTH CROWN;

DIGITAL METHODS; ENAMEL THICKNESS; HOMINOID TEETH; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; DENTAL ENAMEL; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TOOTH; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84892596762     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22421     Document Type: Article

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