The Development of Whole-body High-resolution Voxel Models of the Average Japanese Adult Male and Female

Japanese Journal of Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 239-246

  Nagaoka, Tomoaki ^a   Sakurai, Kiyoko ^a,b   Honma, Hiroyuki ^a   Suzuki, Tamotsu ^a   Kawai, Mitsumasa ^a   Sakamoto, Katsuyuki ^a,b   Watanabe, Satoshi ^a,b   Ogawa, Koji ^b   Kunieda, Etsuo ^c   University, Keio ^d   Watanabe, Soichi ^d   Yamanaka, Yukio ^d   Konokawa, Kiminori ^e   Kubota, Katsumi ^e   Kim, Bongsoo ^f   Taki, Masao ^g  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Surgery (Omori)   (Japan)

^d National Institute of Information and Communications Technology   (Japan)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84983345737     PISSN: 00213292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11239/jsmbe1963.40.239     Document Type: Article

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