title: [Determination of human brain weight in vivo by skull measurements].
abstract: The length, width as well as the axial, sagittal and transversal circumferences of the skull were measured before autopsy in 112 cadavers. The brain was weighed immediately after removal. A residual analysis of the correlations between skull measurements and the true brain weight was carried out, resulting in the formula: brain weight, g = (21.8 x axial circumference, cm) + (13.9 x transversal circumference, cm) + (2.105 x length x width, cm) - 890. The mean brain weight as calculated by this formula was within 1.5% of the true weight in the male and within 0.08% in the female cadavers examined.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Kantonsspital Basel, Schweiz.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brunhölzl
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Widmer
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Buser
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009929:Organ Size; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
vernacular_title: Bestimmung des menschlichen Hirngewichts in vivo durch Schädelmessungen.