title: [Biometric method for the description of the head of an unrecognized corpse for the purpose of personality individualization and identification].
abstract: We have determined absolute dimensions of the head and the relationship between the dimensions of its selected parts. The study enrolled adult subjects (mostly of Russian ethnicity) at the age from 17 to 22 years (1108 men and 1153 women). We calculated the normal values for the estimation of real dimensional characteristics and the frequency of their occurrence in the population. The proposed approach makes it possible to reliably identify the dimensional features of human appearance in terms of the quantitative verbal description (categories 1-5) and to reveal its most characteristic features. The results of this biometric study of the heads of unrecognized corpses obtained by the specially developed technology may be used in operational and search investigations, in the procedure of corpse identification, and forensic medical personality identification of a missing subject.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Zviagin
authors.forename: O I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Galitskaia
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Negasheva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D056667:Biometric Identification / Q000379:methods*; D002102:Cadaver; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D055815:Young Adult