Technical note: Quantification of neurocranial shape variation using the shortest paths connecting pairs of anatomical landmarks

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 658-666

  Morita, Yusuke ^a   Ogihara, Naomichi ^a   Kanai, Takashi ^b   Suzuki, Hiromasa ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bezier curve; cranial vault; geometric morphometrics; semi landmark; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPANESE; MALE; MASTOID; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; OCCIPITAL BONE; ORBIT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL SUTURE; TEMPORAL BONE;

BEZIER CURVE; CRANIAL VAULT; GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS; SEMI-LANDMARK; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL;

EID: 84880535024     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22315     Document Type: Article

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