Facial reconstruction - anatomical art or artistic anatomy?

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-250

  Wilkinson, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Art; Facial reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGING; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANATOMY; ART; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EAR; EGYPT; FACE SURGERY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; MOUTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETON; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; WOUND HEALING;

AGE FACTORS; ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; CEPHALOMETRY; FACE; FACIAL BONES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE;

EID: 74549193478     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01182.x     Document Type: Review

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