Three dimensional laser scan assessment of the Oriental nose with a new classification of Oriental nasal types

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-116

  Aung, Saw Chit ^a   Liam, Foo Chee ^a   Teik, Lee Seng ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cephalometry; Laser scanning; Oriental nose

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0034105763     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3229     Document Type: Article

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