Three-dimensional computer-assisted craniometrics: A comparison of the uncertainty in measurement induced by surface reconstruction performed by two computer programs

Forensic Science International

Volumn 219, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 221-227

  Guyomarc'h, Pierre ^a   Santos, Frédéric ^a   Dutailly, Bruno ^a,b   Desbarats, Pascal ^c   Bou, Christophe ^a   Coqueugniot, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

AMIRA; Anthropometry; Error analysis; HMH 3D; Marching cube; TIVMI

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CRANIOMETRY; DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKULL; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER ASSISTED CRANIOMETRICS;

EID: 84861571506     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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