title: Facial soft tissue thicknesses of the mid-face for Slovak population.
abstract: Forensic facial approximation is used as a tool for recreating the antemortem appearance of unknown dead and thus facilitates their identification. Several approaches to facial approximation are based on data on facial soft tissue thicknesses (FSTTs). The availability of sex-, age- and population-specific data contributes to the accuracy of the resulting facial approximation model. In this paper, first data set on FSTTs for a Central European population are presented. Soft tissue thicknesses of the mid-face were measured on 160 head CT-scans of 80 males and 80 females aged from 18 to 87 years. These CT-scans were made available after being a part of the diagnostic procedure concerning the paranasal sinuses of the patients. Basic descriptive statistics (i.e. mean, SD, median, range) for the FSTTs at 14 facial landmarks is reported separately by sex and age. Such information allows the forensic artist to choose the most suitable values for the FSTT considering the previous physiological and osteological analysis of the human remains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina, 84215 Bratislava, Slovak Republic. panenkova@fns.uniba.sk
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Panenková
authors.forename: Radoslav
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beňuš
authors.forename: Soňa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masnicová
authors.forename: Zuzana
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Obertová
authors.forename: Ján
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grunt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D018154:Slovakia; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult