Science & Justice
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 99-104 , September 2007

A novel approach to the visualisation of heat-induced structural change in bone

  • T.J.U. Thompson

      Affiliations

    • University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
  • ,
  • J.A. Chudek

      Affiliations

    • University of Dundee, MSI/WTB Complex, Dow Street, Dundee, DD1 5EH, United Kingdom

,Accepted 25 May 2006.

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PII: S1355-0306(07)00010-X

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2006.05.002

Science & Justice
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 99-104 , September 2007