title: Facial soft tissue thickness in northwest Indian adults.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India. medinst@pgi.chd.nic.in
authors.forename: Daisy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sahni
authors.lastname: Sanjeev
authors.forename: Gurpreet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Indar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jit
authors.forename: Paramjeet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology