Human craniofacial sphericity: A simultaneous analysis of frontal and lateral cephalograms of a Japanese population using geometric morphometrics and partial least squares analysis

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-303

  Bastir, Markus ^a   Sobral, Pilar Guillermina ^b   Kuroe, Kazuto ^c   Rosas, Antonio ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Kuroe Orthodontic Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basicranial flexion; Brachyfacial; Cephalic patterns; Dolichofacial; Geometric morphometrics; Long face; Partial least squares; Short face

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEPHALOMETRY; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SKULL;

EID: 39749108964     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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