Preliminary assessment of facial soft tissue thickness utilizing three-dimensional computed tomography models of living individuals

Forensic Science International

Volumn 237, Issue , 2014, Pages 146.e1-146.e10

  Parks, Connie L ^a   Richard, Adam H ^a   Monson, Keith L ^a  

^a FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Facial approximation; Facial landmarks; Forensic anthropology; Soft tissue thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; CHIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; GLABELLA; HUMAN; LOWER LIP; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NASION; PHILTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UPPER LIP; WEIGHT CHANGE; ZYGOMA; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANCESTRY GROUP; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FACE; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897020688     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.12.043     Document Type: Article

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