DocumentCode
3300462
Title
Visualization in anthropology: reconstruction of human fossils from multiple pieces
Author
Kalvin, Alan D. ; Dean, David ; Hublin, Jean-Jacques ; Braun, Marc
Author_Institution
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
fYear
1992
fDate
19-23 Oct 1992
Firstpage
404
Lastpage
410
Abstract
A new way of reconstructing human fossils from fragmentary fossil material is described. Unlike the traditional method of making physical models using clay, this new approach is based on geometrical modeling and visualization of digitized fossil data. It can provide anthropologists with both quantifiable, computer-based geometric models and physical plastic reconstructions of fossils
Keywords
anthropology; computer graphics; anthropology; computer-based geometric models; digitized fossil data; geometrical modeling; human fossils; multiple pieces; physical plastic reconstructions; Anatomy; Bones; Data visualization; Hospitals; Humans; Morphology; Physics computing; Plastics; Solid modeling; Surgery;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Visualization, 1992. Visualization '92, Proceedings., IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN
0-8186-2897-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235179
Filename
235179
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