Identification of group affinity from cross-sectional contours of the human midfacial skeleton using digital morphometrics and 3D laser scanning technology

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-

  Sholts, Sabrina B ^a   Walker, Phillip L ^a   Kuzminsky, Susan C ^a   Miller, Kevin W P ^b   Wärmländer, Sebastian K T S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cranial morphology; Digital morphometrics; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Population affinity; Three dimensional laser scanning

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED STATES;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CALIFORNIA; CHINA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; NORWAY; SKULL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79951820671     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01701.x     Document Type: Article

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