7th World Congress on Mummy Studies University of San Diego San ...

WORKSHOPS.–.Thursday
Thursday, 16 June 2011
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Field and Advanced Paleoimaging
Museum.of.Man,.Balboa.Park
Thursday
9:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Half-day.workshop.organized.by.Ronald Beckett, PhD.(Professor.
Emeritus. of. Biomedical. Sciences,. Co-director,. Bioanthropology.
Research. Institute,. Quinnipiac. University,. Hamden,. CT;. Ronald.
beckett@quinnipiac.edu);.co-organized.by.Gerald Conlogue,.MHS.
(Professor. of. Diagnostic. Imaging,. Co-director,. Bioanthropology.
Research. Institute,. Quinnipiac. University,. Hamden,. CT;. Gerald.
conlogue@quinnipiac.edu).
This.workshop.is.intended.to.give.participants.an.overview.of.
the. varied. methods. and. technologies. used. in. paleoimaging,. with.
a. focus. on. field. and. advanced. applications.. The. workshop. will.
demonstrate. how. the. participants. can. maximize. each. paleoimaging.
modality. in. the. field. or. lab. setting..Additionally,. this. workshop.will.explore.advanced.imaging.modalities.and.emphasize.the.
importance. of. “Diagnosis. by. Consensus.”. Several. mini-lectures.
will. present. foundational. information. followed. by. four. separate.
rotating.stations..Two.stations.will.provide.the.participants.with.the.
opportunity.to.gain.practical.hands-on.skills.and.knowledge.related.
to.field.photography.and.endoscopy..Two.additional.stations.will.
focus.on.interpretation.of.paleoimaging.data.with.an.emphasis.on.
differential.diagnoses.and.age.at.death.determination.using.dental.
paleoimaging.data..Participants.are.asked.to.bring.in.their.digital.
cameras.and.slides.of.their.research/cases.for.group.discussion.and.
interpretation.
The. target. audience. for. this. workshop. is. <strong>World</strong>. <strong>Congress</strong>. on.
Mummy.Studies.attendees..Participation.of.Anthropologists,.Radiologists,.and.students.of.Mummy.Sciences.is.encouraged..
Participation.is.limited.to.40.participants..Cost:.$20.
Artefact Annotation – Developing
an Ontology to Help Mine Datasets
KIPJ.Room.E
Thursday
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
workshop withdrawn