Technical Note: An R Program for Automating Bone Cross Section Reconstruction.

A study examined the R program for automating bone cross section reconstruction. The R program is a new freely available program developed for operational freeware. Data were obtained through comparison of cross-sectional properties calculated by using the new R program to those from peripheral qu...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Physical Anthropology Vol. 142; no. 4; pp. 665 - 670
Autores principales: Sylvester, Adam D., Garofalo, Evan, Ruff, Christopher
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. August 2010
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Sumario:A study examined the R program for automating bone cross section reconstruction. The R program is a new freely available program developed for operational freeware. Data were obtained through comparison of cross-sectional properties calculated by using the new R program to those from peripheral quantitative CT and the original manual method. Findings revealed that the R program worked as well as the original manual image processing for most cross sections, eliminated the chance for entry errors at several points, and significantly increased the speed of data collection. Findings are discussed in detail.