title: Face imaging reconstructive morphography. A new method for physiognomic reconstruction.
abstract: A new method of facial identification--Face Imaging Reconstructive Morphography (FIRM)--is herein described. This method permits the construction of objective composites of facial features based on precise cephalometric measurements. The anthropometric measurements are derived from radiographic films taken by the Analytic Morphograph (KLS). FIRM is a rapid, objective, and reproducible method that is distinctly better than the current methods of forensic-anthropological identification.
authors: Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Perper
authors: G T
authors: GT
authors: Patterson
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Backner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010781:Photography; D010826:Physiognomy; D011859:Radiography; D012015:Reference Standards; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014743:Videotape Recording