title: Computed tomography of ancient Egyptian mummies.
abstract: This first report of the application of computed tomography (CT) to the study of ancient mummies, the desiccated brain of a boy and the body of a young woman within her cartonnage, shows that CT is uniquely suitable for the study of such antiquities, a study that does not necessitate destruction of the mummy or its cartonnage. Exquisite images result that are of great paleoanatomical, paleopathological, and archeological significance.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000076144:Egypt, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009106:Mummies; D010164:Paleopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed