University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
Leg Med (Tokyo). 2024 May;68:102421. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2024.102421. Epub 2024 Feb 15.
The application of age progression to the search for missing persons demonstrates its usefulness in being able to reconstruct the aged face based on the current age of a person who has been missing for many years. Age progression takes into account facial physiognomic elements and their changes over time. Based on these premises, the present study aims to investigate the evolution of somatic features, from childhood to adulthood, of one of the authors' father using photos at different ages of him. Sixteen photos were collected depicting an individual of Italian origin between the age of 1 and 72. The photos were processed in Adobe© Photoshop software to graphically highlight the shape development of individual physiognomic elements. The shape of the face, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, and cheeks were analysed in detail using a morphological approach. The ageing processes that occurred in this case were discussed on the basis of the literature. The present study demonstrates the in-depth analysis of the dynamics of facial growth in a single case. Nonetheless, aging is different for each individual, so further studies are necessary to observe facial development on as many subjects as possible.
年龄推断在寻找失踪人员中的应用证明了其在能够根据失踪多年的人的当前年龄重建老化面容方面的有用性。年龄推断考虑了面部容貌特征及其随时间的变化。基于这些前提，本研究旨在通过作者父亲的不同年龄的照片，研究一个人从儿童到成年的躯体特征的演变。收集了 16 张照片，描绘了一位意大利血统的个体从 1 岁到 72 岁的不同时期。使用 Adobe© Photoshop 软件对照片进行处理，以图形方式突出显示个体容貌元素的形状发展。使用形态学方法对面部、眉毛、眼睛、鼻子、嘴巴和脸颊的形状进行了详细分析。根据文献讨论了在这种情况下发生的老化过程。本研究展示了对单个案例中面部生长动态的深入分析。然而，每个人的衰老过程都不同，因此需要进一步的研究来观察尽可能多的个体的面部发育。
