Abstract
Over the past several years, we have studied mummies from the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (1392-1910 BC) using various scientific techniques to obtain clues to a more comprehensive understanding of the health and disease status of those pre-modern Koreans. From the very beginning of Korean mummy studies, radiological diagnosis has been regarded as one of the most indispensible techniques for non-invasive determination of the preservation status of internal organs. However, diagnoses of radiological data on Korean mummies have proved to be very difficult, due to insufficient accumulated data necessary for interpretative accuracy. To overcome this limitation, we have, over the past several years, been comparing the radiological data acquired from Korean mummies with our post-factum dissection results. As the correct reading of the computed tomography (CT) images of living patients can be based on a comparison with the accumulated data on repeated post-factum autopsy dissection of the same organs, we believe that our comparison results will help to improve the diagnostic accuracy of CT readings on Korean mummies.
Original language | American English |
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Title of host publication | Yearbook of Mummy Studies |
Place of Publication | Munchen |
Publisher | Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil |
Pages | 125-131 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Print) | ISBN 978-3-89937-163-5 |
State | Published - Mar 2014 |