title: Three-Dimensional Facial Averaging: A Tool for Understanding Facial Aging.
abstract: The progression of facial shape with aging is the subject of various theories and assumptions but remains poorly understood. The authors have used the unique capabilities of the three-dimensional camera to average the faces of large numbers of subjects to understand this complex process. What the authors present here is a technique of analysis rather than detailed results.
authors.affiliation: Newport Beach, Calif.|From private practice and Canfield Scientific, Parsippany N.J.
authors.forename: Val
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lambros
authors.affiliation: Newport Beach, Calif.|From private practice and Canfield Scientific, Parsippany N.J.
authors.forename: Gideon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amos
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods*; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods*