Anatomy Facility, School of Life Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
School of Simulation and Visualisation, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019;1138:71-86. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-14227-8_6.
Forensic cases may require craniofacial approximations for unidentifiable victims. The accuracy of these approximations is improved by using population-specific average soft tissue depths. This study used CT scans from 64 Cretan adults (32 male and 32 female) to produce three-dimensional models of each individual's cranium and skin surface. Using the models, the soft tissue depths were measured at 36 craniofacial landmarks; the means and standard deviations were calculated for the general Cretan population, and for male and female Cretans separately. Cretan facial soft tissue depths were then compared to those of French, Slovak, and Korean adults. 16 of the 36 landmarks exhibited sex differences among Cretans, with males having consistently thicker depths than females. The facial soft tissue depths of Cretan adults also presented significant differences when compared to other populations. Overall, the average soft tissue depths obtained represent the first database for the craniofacial approximation of Cretan (Greek) adults.
法医学案例可能需要对头骨进行近似模拟，以识别无法辨认的受害者。使用特定人群的平均软组织深度可以提高这些近似模拟的准确性。本研究使用了来自 64 名克里特岛成年人（32 名男性和 32 名女性）的 CT 扫描，为每个人的颅骨和皮肤表面制作了三维模型。使用这些模型，在 36 个颅面标志点上测量了软组织的深度；计算了克里特岛普通人群以及男性和女性克里特岛人群的平均值和标准差。然后，将克里特岛人的面部软组织深度与法国、斯洛伐克和韩国成年人的软组织深度进行了比较。在克里特岛人中，有 16 个标志点存在性别差异，男性的软组织深度普遍比女性厚。与其他人群相比，克里特岛成年人的面部软组织深度也存在显著差异。总的来说，所获得的平均软组织深度代表了克里特岛（希腊）成年人头面部近似模拟的第一个数据库。
