Project description
3D morphable models for human bone reconstruction
Human skeletons provide valuable insights into the past, but their fragmented state limits the information that can be derived from them, including details on size, shape and structure. The EU-funded RECONSTRUCT project creates 3D morphable models for the primary components of the human skeleton’s lower and upper limbs. These models will be employed to deduce the missing morphology of fragmented or incomplete bones. The project will integrate osteoarchaeology, forensic anthropology, biology, engineering and data science. Its outcomes will enhance bioarchaeological research, contributing to a comprehensive assessment of historical life parameters and impacting the field of forensic anthropology. RECONSTRUCT will also make the source code and raw data accessible, extending the approach to include zooarchaeology, palaeoanthropology and the prosthetic implants industry.
Objective
Human skeletal remains can offer key information on diverse aspects of past life but, like all archaeological materials, they only give a glimpse into the life of past individuals; hence, a fragmented perspective into our ancestors’ lives. Their interpretative potential is greatly inhibited by the fact that such remains are often found fragmented due to several anthropogenic and natural taphonomic agents, such as funerary treatment, animal activity, soil pressure and others. This fragmentation severely limits the information that may be extracted from human bones in terms of metric analysis, geometry and morphology. RECONSTRUCT aims at producing 3D morphable models for the main elements of the lower and upper limbs of the human skeleton, which will be then used to infer the missing morphology of fragmented or incomplete bones. In order to achieve this aim and address a major current limitation in human skeletal analysis, RECONSTRUCT will integrate approaches from osteoarchaeology, forensic anthropology, biology, engineering, and data science. The results of the project will maximize the information that may be extracted from bioarchaeological research, contributing to a more comprehensive assessment of past life parameters. RECONSTRUCT will also have major implications in forensic anthropology since the study of modern skeletal remains suffers from similar limitations in terms of partial preservation as those witnessed in archaeological bones. Finally, the source code and raw data emanating from RECONSTRUCT will be made open access, greatly enhancing the extension of this approach to zooarchaeology, palaeoanthropology, and the prosthetic implants industry.
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- medical and health sciences medical biotechnology implants
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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2121 Nicosia
Cyprus
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