Overview
- Growing use of imaging technique in Archeology
- Overview of four decades of research in Paleoradiology
- Presentation of the challenge of paleoradiology as a non-destructive method to unveil the mystery of human past
- The Authors are leading experts in the fields of Radiology and Bioanthropology
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Paleoradiology is the use of X-rays and advanced medical imaging modalities in the evaluation of ancient human and animal skeletons as well as biological materials from archaeological sites. Paleoradiological studies have been performed on mummies, skeletal remains and fossils to determine their sex and age at death. “Diagnostic paleoradiology” is the use of X-ray studies to detect ancient diseases. The broad range of themes and imaging techniques in this volume reflects four decades of research undertaken by Don Brothwell in the fields of anthropology, human paleopathology, and zooarchaeology, combined with two decades of skeletal radiology experience during which Rethy Chhem read over 150,000 skeletal X-ray and CT studies.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Paleoradiology
Book Subtitle: Imaging Mummies and Fossils
Authors: Rethy Chhem, Don Brothwell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48833-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-48832-3Published: 26 October 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08024-1Published: 14 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-48833-0Published: 04 November 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 163
Topics: Diagnostic Radiology, History of Science, Pathology