Assessing the variation in individual frontal sinus outlines

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-295

  Christensen, Angi M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b 250 S Stadium Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Elliptic Fourier analysis; Forensic anthropology; Frontal sinuses; Personal identification

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; ELLIPTIC FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRONTAL SINUS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS;

EID: 20444368773     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20116     Document Type: Article

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