Digital imaging techniques applied to a case of concha bullosa from an early medieval funerary area in central Italy

Buzi, Costantino; Micarelli, Ileana; Paine, Robert R.; Profico, Antonio; Messineo, Daniela; Tafuri, Mary Anne; Manzi, Giorgio

doi:10.1016/j.ijpp.2020.10.002

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“…This research has the potential to yield insight into a variety of associated hormonal disorders, such as acromegaly, which can be difficult to diagnose from skeletal remains. A more recent study by Buzi et al (2020) used a similar approach, albeit with three‐dimensional CT scans, to evaluate concha bullosa, an expanded area within the nasal cavity that can be asymptomatic, but also has been linked with infections, and is therefore of palaeopathological interest. The volume and shape of the feature was established using a 3D mesh and randomly placed semi‐landmarks within the hollow space of the right turbinate.…”

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“…When these attributes are contextualized with other aspects of functional morphology that reflect habitual activity, we may see links between shape, size, and progression of disease features and an individual's activity, reflective of their experiences in their physical body. Some of this has been approached by authors such asBuzi et al (2020) who used GM to characterize the shape of a growth (concha bullosa) in the nasal cavity andZhao et al (2020) who used shape to describe skeletal changes associated with foot binding. Following these studies, we envision exploration of the application of quantitative shape methodologies to pathological lesions themselves to gain insight into the functional, social, or etiological relevance of the shape variation among individual lesions.Shape is clearly an area of increasing interest in palaeopathologyand demonstrates significant potential to yield quantitative and datadriven insights into the evolution and experiences of past people's health and well-being.…”

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The changing shape of palaeopathology: The contribution of skeletal shape analyses to investigations of pathological conditions

Gilmour

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2022

American Journal of Biological Anthropology

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Analyses of human skeletal shape and geometry are used to investigate questions related to habitual activities and physical lifeways, as well as biological distance and relatedness. Recently, these methods have been applied to research concerning human evolutionary predisposition for disease, as well as functional experiences of pathological conditions. The use of these methods to address palaeopathological questions are relatively new, but related questions and approaches are gaining momentum. This manuscript provides an in‐depth review of the current state of this palaeopathological research by undertaking a meta‐analysis of anthropological literature. From the results of the meta‐analysis, we observe an increase in the use of quantitative shape analyses in palaeopathology, and identify four key themes in this literature: (1) description and diagnosis, (2) shapes that increase pathological risk, (3) shape change that arises from pathology, and (4) shape used for social insight. As this area of study develops, we recommend adaptations to measurement and data collection; comparative examinations of remains at the individual, population, and species levels; and, when possible, representation of all human variation through the inclusion of pathological individuals in geometric analyses. Palaeopathologists are ideally suited to investigate the relationship between bone shape and health, which may prove essential to the continued understanding of disease in both past and contemporary contexts.

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The changing shape of palaeopathology: The contribution of skeletal shape analyses to investigations of pathological conditions

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2022

American Journal of Biological Anthropology

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“…de Azevedo et al, 2017 ; Fitton et al, 2015 ; Godinho & O'Higgins, 2018 ; Inthavong et al, 2009 ; Wen et al, 2008 ; Wroe et al, 2018 ). Digital techniques have also been recently used to assess and visualise nasal pathologies in archaeological samples (Buzi et al, 2020 ; Mays et al, 2014 ). Beyond this, the development of methods for the study of the form of virtual representations of anatomy (Weber & Bookstein, 2011 ), has encouraged the investigation of anatomical variation of smaller cavities and fossae in the cranium.…”

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Icex: Advances in the automatic extraction and volume calculation of cranial cavities

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The use of non-destructive approaches for digital acquisition (e.g. computerised tomography-CT) allows detailed qualitative and quantitative study of internal structures of skeletal material. Here, we present a new R-based software tool, Icex, applicable to the study of the sizes and shapes of skeletal cavities and fossae in 3D digital images. Traditional methods of volume extraction involve the manual labelling (i.e. segmentation) of the areas of interest on each section of the image stack. This is time-consuming, error-prone and challenging to apply to complex cavities. Icex facilitates rapid quantification of such structures. We describe and detail its application to the isolation and calculation of volumes of various cranial cavities.The R tool is used here to automatically extract the orbital volumes, the paranasal sinuses, the nasal cavity and the upper oral volumes, based on the coordinates of 18 cranial anatomical points used to define their limits, from 3D cranial surface meshes obtained by segmenting CT scans. Icex includes an algorithm (Icv) for the calculation of volumes by defining a 3D convex hull of the extracted cavity. We demonstrate the use of Icex on an ontogenetic sample (0-19 years) of modern humans and on the fossil hominin crania Kabwe (Broken Hill) 1, Gibraltar (Forbes' Quarry) and Guattari 1. We also test the tool on three species of non-human primates. In the modern human subsample, Icex allowed us to perform a preliminary analysis on the absolute and relative expansion of cranial sinuses and pneumatisations during growth. The performance of Icex, applied to diverse crania, shows the potential for an extensive | 1173

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Dental and Oral Pathologies At El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

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Gamarra

Hernando

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Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

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Digital imaging techniques applied to a case of concha bullosa from an early medieval funerary area in central Italy

Cited by 5 publications

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The changing shape of palaeopathology: The contribution of skeletal shape analyses to investigations of pathological conditions

The changing shape of palaeopathology: The contribution of skeletal shape analyses to investigations of pathological conditions

Icex: Advances in the automatic extraction and volume calculation of cranial cavities

Dental and Oral Pathologies At El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

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