A critical look at mummy CT scanning

SL Cox - The Anatomical Record, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Computed tomography scanning of mummies has been conducted for almost 40 years, and
has become an increasingly popular method of mummy study in the 21st century. However …

CT imaging of human mummies: a critical review of the literature (1979–2005)

JJ O'Brien, JJ Battista, C Romagnoli… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The number of computerised tomography (CT) investigations of mummies has increased
since the first published study in 1979. However, this approach has never been validated …

Common and unexpected findings in mummies from ancient Egypt and South America as revealed by CT

C Jackowski, S Bolliger, MJ Thali - Radiographics, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
Computed tomography (CT) has proved to be a valuable investigative tool for mummy
research and is the method of choice for examining mummies. It allows for noninvasive …

Scenes from the past: multidetector CT of Egyptian mummies of the Redpath Museum

AD Wade, GJ Garvin, JH Hurnanen, LDL Williams… - Radiographics, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
As a nondestructive method of historical and anthropologic inquiry, imaging has played an
important role in mummy studies over the past several decades. Recent technologic …

How to CT scan human mummies: Theoretical considerations and examples of use

S Panzer, S Ketterl, R Bicker, S Schoske… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective The purpose of this study was to develop and provide recommendations for
computed tomography (CT) examinations of human mummies. Materials and methods …

Scenes from the past: MR imaging versus CT of ancient Peruvian and Egyptian mummified tissues

LM Öhrström, H von Waldburg, P Speier, M Bock… - Radiographics, 2013 - pubs.rsna.org
Ancient Egyptian and Peruvian mummies are extremely valuable historical remains, and
noninvasive methods for their examination are desirable. The current standard of reference …

Imaging of ancient Egyptian animal mummies

LM McKnight, SD Atherton-Woolham, JE Adams - RadioGraphics, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Human mummies have long been studied by using imaging as a primary investigative
method. Mummified animal remains from ancient Egypt are less well researched, yet much …

Comely Wenuhotep: computed tomography of an Egyptian mummy

T Vahey, D Brown - Journal of computer assisted tomography, 1984 - journals.lww.com
Computed tomography circumvents many of the problems encountered in the traditional
radiographic investigation of mummies. This case report demonstrates that CT provides an …

The potential for non‐invasive study of mummies: validation of the use of computerized tomography by post factum dissection and histological examination of a 17th …

DS Lim, IS Lee, KJ Choi, SD Lee, CS Oh… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The socio‐cultural antipathies of some descendants with regard to invasive examinations of
age‐old human remains make permission for dissection of Korean mummies of the Joseon …

Medical imaging of mummies and bog bodies–a mini-review

N Lynnerup - Gerontology, 2010 - karger.com
Mummies are human remains with preservation of non-bony tissue. Mummification by
natural influences results in so-called natural mummies, while mummification induced by …