Sunday, December 05, 2004

Radiologists help to restore mummy mask

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-11/rson-rhp112204.php
"Using computed tomography (CT)and 3-D modeling, radiologists are assisting in the restoration and display of a 5,300-year-old Egyptian mummy mask. This is the first time that CT and 3-D modeling were used to study, preserve and display an antiquity with an outer and inner surface, according to research presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). "
An abstract of the article is here:
http://rsna2004.rsna.org/rsna2004/V2004/conference/event_display.cfm?em_id=4417423
Images that accompany the article are at
http://www.rsna.org/rsna/media/pr2004/pr_ancient_art2.html

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