Sahni Daisy, Singh Gurpreet, Jit Indar, Singh Paramjeet
Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Forensic Sci Int. 2008 Apr 7;176(2-3):137-46. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.07.012. Epub 2007 Nov 7.
In order to reconstruct the face from a bare skull, the facial soft tissue thickness (FSTT) was determined at 29 standard anthropological landmarks by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 173 male and 127 female adult subjects of northwest Indian origin. Repeatability and accuracy of the measurements was assessed by paired t-test and 95% confidence intervals. A stepwise discriminant function analysis selected nine landmarks for better sex classification in FSTT measurements. The thickness of soft tissue was different from that described in the literature and reported for samples from other countries. A correlation between skinfold thickness and body mass index (BMI) with that of FSTT was observed. The data of facial soft tissue thickness will help forensic experts in reconstructing the face from a skull for identification purposes.
为了从光秃秃的头骨重建面部，通过磁共振成像（MRI）在173名西北印度裔成年男性和127名成年女性受试者的29个标准人类学标志点处测定了面部软组织厚度（FSTT）。通过配对t检验和95%置信区间评估测量的重复性和准确性。逐步判别函数分析选择了9个标志点以在FSTT测量中进行更好的性别分类。软组织厚度与文献中描述的以及其他国家样本报告的厚度不同。观察到皮褶厚度和体重指数（BMI）与FSTT之间存在相关性。面部软组织厚度数据将有助于法医专家从头骨重建面部以进行身份识别。
