69(Y3) Assembling fossil cranial fragments based on local shape information

• Published in: Anthropological Science Vol. 119; no. 3; p. 291
• Main Authors: KIKUCHI T, OGIHARA N, SUZUKI H, MICHIKAWA T, KONDO O, ISHIDA H, AKAZAWA T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Anthropological Society of Nippon 2011

Fossil crania are often fractured and fragmented due to compaction and diagenesis. To restore the antemortem appearance of a fossil cranium, it is therefore necessary to correctly assemble the fragments. In this study, we developed a computerized technique for assembling fossil cranial fragments bas...