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Friday, August 05, 2005
Hi-Res CT Scan Images of 2,000 year-old Mummy
This is a must see: scientists have used an incredibly powerful CT scanner and imaging equipment to create high resolution images of a 2,000 year old sub-adult Egyptian mummy:
"Real anatomy exists in three dimensions, so any time you can view anatomical data in 3D, you'll have a much more accurate picture of the subject," said Paul Brown, DDS, of the Stanford-NASA National Biocomputation Center. Brown and a team of fellow dentists, orthodontists and oral surgeons determined the mummy's age and other features by studying the 3D visualization. "Even multiple two-dimensional CT slices can never allow you to understand a subject's dental condition as quickly or as accurately as a quality 3D visualization."
The full story tells all about it and includes a video and two of the hi-res images (thanks to ArchaeoBlog).
Posted by Will at August 5, 2005 11:08 PM in Anthropology | In the News