Prediction of nasal morphology in facial reconstruction: Validation and recalibration of the Rynn method

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Bulut O., Liu C. J., Gurcan S., Hekimoglu B.

LEGAL MEDICINE, vol.40, pp.26-31, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2019.07.002
  • Journal Name: LEGAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.26-31
  • Keywords: Forensic anthropology, Facial approximation, Nasal morphology prediction, SOFT-TISSUE THICKNESS, ANTHROPOMETRIC ANALYSIS, CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION, PRONASALE POSITION, NOSE, APPRAISAL, SHAPE, RHINOPLASTY, DIMENSIONS, PROJECTION
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Prediction of the nose from the skull remains an important issue in forensic facial approximation. In 2010, Rynn et al. published a method of predicting nose projection from the skull. With this method, three craniometric measurements (x, y, z) are taken, and these are then used in regression formulae to estimate the nasal dimensions.