A spatially-dense regression study of facial form and tissue depth: Towards an interactive tool for craniofacial reconstruction

Forensic Science International

Volumn 234, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-110

  Shrimpton, Sarah ^a   Daniels, Katleen ^a   de Greef, Sven ^b   Tilotta, Francoise ^c   Willems, Guy ^b   Vandermeulen, Dirk ^a   Suetens, Paul ^a   Claes, Peter ^a  

^a Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Craniofacial reconstruction; Facial tissue depths and form; Partial least squares regression; Spatially dense

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE DEPTH;

CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; FACIAL TISSUE DEPTHS AND FORM; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; SPATIALLY-DENSE;

AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FACE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84888794186     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.10.021     Document Type: Article

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