Sexual dimorphism in human browridge volume measured from 3D models of dry crania: A new digital morphometrics approach

Forensic Science International

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 400.e1-400.e5

  Shearer, Brian M ^a,b   Sholts, Sabrina B ^b,c   Garvin, Heather M ^d   Wärmländer, Sebastian K T S ^b,e,f  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

3D laser scanner; Craniometrics; Forensic anthropology; Physical anthropology; Sex estimation; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; BRAIN SIZE; BROWRIDGE; BROWRIDGE VOLUME; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DEVICE; LASER SCANNER; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORPHOMETRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84865656510     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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