Metric and morphological assessment of facial features: A study on three European populations

• Published in: Forensic science international Vol. 207; no. 1; pp. 239.e1 - 239.e8
• Main Authors: Ritz-Timme, S., Gabriel, P., Tutkuviene, J., Poppa, P., Obertová, Z., Gibelli, D., De Angelis, D., Ratnayake, M., Rizgeliene, R., Barkus, A., Cattaneo, C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 15.04.2011; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Assessments; Biological; Comparative analysis; Face; Face - anatomy & histology; Facial; Facial morphology; Forensic Anthropology; Forensic anthropology population data; Forensic engineering; Forensic sciences; Genealogy; Germany; Humans; Identification systems; Italy; Lithuania; Male; Males; Men; Metric assessment; Metric System; Morphological atlas; Morphology; Pathology; Personal identification; Photography; Population data; Populations; Reconstruction; Samples; Standard deviation; Statistical analysis; Statistical methods; Studies; White people; Lithuania; Italy; Germany; Morphological atlas; Population data; Metric assessment; Personal identification; Forensic anthropology population data; Facial morphology

Identification from video surveillance systems is becoming more and more frequent in the forensic practice. In this field, different techniques have been improved such as height estimation and gait analysis. However, the most natural approach for identifying a person in everyday life is based on fac...