Three-dimensional perception of facial asymmetry

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 647-653

  Meyer Marcotty, Philipp ^a   Stellzig Eisenhauer, Angelika ^a   Bareis, Ute ^a   Hartmann, Jutta ^a   Kochel, Janka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIN; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FACE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOSE; ORAL SURGERY; ORTHODONTICS; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISION;

ADULT; CHIN; FACE; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIP; MALE; NOSE; ORTHODONTICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SURGERY, ORAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 81855172504     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: 14602210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjq146     Document Type: Article

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