Cavka Mislav, Janković Ivor, Sikanjić Petra Rajić, Ticinović Nino, Rados Stipe, Ivanac Gordana, Brkljacić Boris
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.
Coll Antropol. 2010 Sep;34(3):797-802.
The aim of the study was to analyze possible human skeletal remains within the wrappings of a mummy from the Archaeological Museum, Zagreb, Croatia through the use of the multidetector CT (MDCT) technology. Plain X-ray films and MDCT images of the mummy were taken in both frontal and lateral views. In a single volumetric acquisition of the whole body by MDCT 0.75 mm axial slices were obtained and combined with sagittal and coronal reformatting and three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction. Sex and age was assessed visually using standard anthropological methods. The results suggest that the mummy was of an adult female, most likely over 40 years of age at death. Pathologies observed included degenerative changes on the vertebral column and healed fractures of the lower right arm. Damage of the ethmoid bone at the roof of the nasal cavity was most likely caused by mortuary brain removal practice. Remnants of a resin and an unusual object were found inside the cranial cavity. An elongated metal object and additional three metal "belts" can be seen on the lower portion of the body. All internal organs were removed and thoracic and abdominal cavities were filled with various substances, most likely mud and pieces of linen cloth. Our results show that the MDCT is a very useful technique for assessing the human remains in archeological samples, especially in comparison to the use of plain film (X-ray), where important details are obscured and 3D imaging impossible.
该研究的目的是通过使用多排螺旋CT（MDCT）技术，分析克罗地亚萨格勒布考古博物馆一具木乃伊包裹内可能存在的人类骨骼遗骸。对该木乃伊拍摄了正位和侧位的普通X光片以及MDCT图像。通过MDCT对全身进行单次容积采集，获得了0.75毫米的轴向切片，并结合矢状面和冠状面重新格式化以及三维（3D）重建。使用标准人类学方法直观评估性别和年龄。结果表明，这具木乃伊是一名成年女性，死亡时最有可能超过40岁。观察到的病理情况包括脊柱的退行性变化以及右下臂的愈合骨折。鼻腔顶部筛骨的损伤很可能是由丧葬时移除大脑的做法导致的。在颅腔内发现了树脂残余物和一个不寻常的物体。在身体下部可以看到一个细长的金属物体和另外三条金属“带”。所有内部器官均已被移除，胸腔和腹腔内填充了各种物质，很可能是泥土和亚麻布碎片。我们的结果表明，MDCT是评估考古样本中人类遗骸的一项非常有用的技术，特别是与普通X光片相比，普通X光片会掩盖重要细节且无法进行3D成像。
