3-D CAT-scan: Anthropology, Archaeology and Virtual Reality
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The use of CAT-scanning and three-dimensional image rendering is a powerful tool in the documentation, analyses and exhibition of human remains. Human remains may be CAT-scanned to ensure a complete documentation of the specimens. Furthermore, such documentation is easily stored and shared on computers, allowing researchers access to othenvise nonaccessible materials. CAT-scanning is also an important method for osteological analyses, yielding cross sectional and composite
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تاریخ انتشار 2010