Superquadric modeling of cranial and cerebral shape and asymmetry

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-195

  Sommer III, H J ^a   Eckhardt, R B ^b   Shiang, T Y ^c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calvaria; Geometric model; Plagiocephaly; Squareness; Taper

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAGIOCEPHALY; SKULL; SKULL MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNOSTOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SKULL;

EID: 31344448785     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20269     Document Type: Article

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