Semi-automated ultrasound facial soft tissue depth registration: Method and validation

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1282-1288

  De Greef, Sven ^a   Claes, Peter ^b   Mollemans, Wouter ^b   Loubele, Miet ^b   Vandermeulen, Dirk ^b   Suetens, Paul ^b   Willems, Guy ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computer aided; CT scan; Facial soft tissue depths; Forensic science; Human anthropology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ADULT; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 27844480070     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2004547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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