Variation in the measurement of cranial volume and surface area using 3d laser scanning technology

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 871-876

  Sholts, Sabrina B ^a   Wärmländer, Sebastian K T S ^a,b,c   Flores, Louise M ^a   Miller, Kevin W P ^d   Walker, Phillip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D laser scanning; cranial morphology; digital imaging; digital morphometrics; forensic anthropology; forensic science

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

CEPHALOMETRY; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKULL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77954333873     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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