Craniofacial reconstruction using a combined statistical model of face shape and soft tissue depths: Methodology and validation

Forensic Science International

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Claes, Peter ^a   Vandermeulen, Dirk ^a   De Greef, Sven ^a   Willems, Guy ^a   Suetens, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computer aided; Forensic facial reconstruction; Statistical modeling and reconstruction; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; CRANIOPLASTY; DATA BASE; FACE; FACE SURGERY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33646493406     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.02.035     Document Type: Article

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