Gudea A I, Stefan A C
Department of Comparative Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cluj Napoca, Romania.
Folia Morphol (Warsz). 2013 Aug;72(3):239-48. doi: 10.5603/fm.2013.0039.
Quantitative and qualitative studies dealing with histomorphometry of the bone tissue play a new role in modern legal medicine/forensic medicine and archaeozoology nowadays. This study deals with the differences found in case of humerus and metapodial bones of recent sheep (Ovis aries), goat (Capra hircus) and roedeer (Capreolus capreolus) specimens, both from a qualitative point of view, but mainly from a quantitative perspective. A novel perspective given by the fractal analysis performed on the digital histological images is approached. This study shows that the qualitative assessment may not be a reliable one due to the close resemblance of the structures. From the quantitative perspective (several measurements performed on osteonal units and statistical processing of data),some of the elements measured show significant differences among 3 species(the primary osteonal diameter, etc.). The fractal analysis and the lacunarity of the images show a great deal of potential, proving that this type of analysis can be of great help in the separation of the material from this perspective.
如今，涉及骨组织组织形态计量学的定量和定性研究在现代法医学/法医学及考古动物学中发挥着新的作用。本研究探讨了从近期绵羊（Ovis aries）、山羊（Capra hircus）和狍（Capreolus capreolus）标本的肱骨和掌骨中发现的差异，既从定性角度，也主要从定量角度进行探讨。研究采用了对数字组织学图像进行分形分析得出的新视角。本研究表明，由于结构相似，定性评估可能不可靠。从定量角度（对骨单位进行的多项测量及数据统计处理）来看，所测量的一些元素在这三种物种之间存在显著差异（初级骨单位直径等）。图像的分形分析和空隙率显示出巨大潜力，证明从这个角度来看，这种分析类型对材料的区分有很大帮助。
