Editorial: Paleoradiology and mummy studies for disease identification [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineDario Piombino-Mascali
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Editorial: The rise of postmortem imaging in forensic radiology and paleoradiology [PDF]
Frontiers in RadiologyUvodnik u posebno ...
Dominic Gascho, Mislav Čavka
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Lepromatous leprosy in Bronze Age Oman: micro-CT provides tools for paleopathology in fragmentary and commingled assemblages [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicinePaleoradiology uses CT scanning, digital radiography, and 3D imaging to non-invasively characterize the lives and the experience of health and disease for past people.
Gwen Robbins Schug
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Morphological and Tissue Characterization with 3D Reconstruction of a 350-Year-Old Austrian Ardea purpurea Glacier Mummy [PDF]
Biology, 2023 Glaciers are dwindling archives, releasing animal mummies preserved in the ice for centuries due to climate changes. As preservation varies, residual soft tissues may differently expand the biological information content of such mummies. DNA studies have
Seraphin H. Unterberger +13 more
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Editorial: Ancient diseases and medical care: Paleopathological insights [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 Andreas Nerlich +2 more
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Mummies tell stories: CT investigation of eight members of the Kėdainiai elite (Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 17th-18th centuries AD) [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineThe objective of this study is to evaluate the mummified remains of eight high-ranking people buried in two crypts of the Evangelical Reformed Church at Kėdainiai, Lithuania.
Dario Piombino-Mascali +5 more
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Major trauma affecting the spine, chest wall and arm survived by a 9th/10th century CE individual from Rižinice Croatia [PDF]
HeliyonThis study investigates a series of antemortem injuries in the skeletal remains of a 36-45-year-old male from the medieval site of Rižinice. It presents the injuries comprising a fractured sternum, spinal hyperflexion, multiple rib fractures, and a non ...
Ana Curić +7 more
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Systematic assessment of bone and soft tissue tumors on whole-body CTs of 45 mummies from ancient Egypt [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThere is a growing interest in the antiquity of cancer and ongoing discussion of the apparent scarcity of malignant tumors in ancient human remains, especially those of soft tissues. We systematically assessed bone and soft tissue tumors on 45 whole-body
Stephanie Panzer +10 more
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Photon-counting CT for forensic death investigations—a glance into the future of virtual autopsy [PDF]
Frontiers in RadiologyThis article explores the potential of photon-counting computed tomography (CT) in forensic medicine for a range of forensic applications. Photon-counting CT surpasses conventional CT in several key areas.
Dominic Gascho
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Paleoradiological and scientific investigations of the screaming woman mummy from the area beneath Senmut’s (1479–1458 BC) Theban tomb (TT71) [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineIntroductionThe Screaming Mummy of Cairo Egyptian-Museum Store, is an anonymous woman with a wide-open mouth coded as CIT8, discovered beneath Theban Tomb 71 (TT71) which is the burial site of Senmut’s relatives, the architect of 18th-Dynasty Queen ...
Sahar N. Saleem, Samia El-Merghani
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