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Medical imaging and facial soft tissue thickness studies for forensic craniofacial approximation: a pilot study on modern Cretans
Forensic cases may require craniofacial approximations for unidentifiable victims.
The accuracy of these approximations is improved by using population-specific average soft
tissue depths. This study used CT scans from 64 Cretan adults (32 male and 32 female) to
produce three-dimensional models of each individual’s cranium and skin surface. Using the
models, the soft tissue depths were measured at 36 craniofacial landmarks; the means and
standard deviations were calculated for the general Cretan population, and for male and female
Cretans separately. Cretan facial soft tissue depths were then compared to those of French,
Slovak, and Korean adults. 16 of the 36 landmarks exhibited sex differences among Cretans,
with males having consistently thicker depths than females. The facial soft tissue depths of
Cretan adults also presented significant differences when compared to other populations.
Overall, the average soft tissue depths obtained represent the first database for the craniofacial
approximation of Cretan (Greek) adults