Comparison of three-dimensional facial morphology between upright and supine positions employing three-dimensional scanner from live subjects

Forensic facial reconstructions such as the anthropometric (American) method [1], the combined (Manchester) method [2] and the automated methods [3] all require the use of average tissue thickness data taken from a related population. Studies have collected tissue thickness data from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) [4 –6], Computed Tomography (CT) [7–11], Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) [12,13], ultrasound [14–17], lateral radiographs [18–21] or from cadavers [22–24].

Source: Legal Medicine - June 22, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Ozgur Bulut, Ching-Yiu Jessica Liu, Fatih Koca, Caroline Wilkinson Source Type: research