Original paper

Neutron radiography as a diagnostic tool in human osteology

Sołtysiak, Arkadiusz; Miśta-Jakubowska, Ewelina A.; Milczarek, Jacek J.; Tulik, Piotr; Fijał-Kirejczyk, Izabela

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HOMO Volume 70 No 4 (2019), p. 277 - 282

published: Nov 29, 2019
published online: Oct 22, 2019
manuscript accepted: Jul 10, 2019
manuscript revision received: Jul 3, 2019
manuscript revision requested: Feb 4, 2018
manuscript received: Apr 21, 2017

DOI: 10.1127/homo/2019/1115

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Abstract

X-ray radiography (XR) is a standard imaging tool in human osteology. Here we compare a series of human bone and tooth images taken using both X-ray and thermal neutron radiography (TNR) to identify the possible applications of the latter method. The TNR imaging is superior in case of bones contaminated with soil, and combined TNR and XR images may be used to find the areas with high proportion of organic fraction (i.e., collagen) in bone and dentin.

Keywords

human bone • human tooth • X-ray radiography (XR) • therman neutron radiography (TNR)