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Quantitative Assessment Protocol for Facial Soft Tissue Volumetric Changes with Stereophotogrammetry
Published on: December 9, 2025
Facial soft tissue thickness in northwest Indian adults
Daisy Sahni1, Sanjeev, Gurpreet Singh
1Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India. medinst@pgi.chd.nic.in
Abstract:
In order to reconstruct the face from a bare skull, the facial soft tissue thickness (FSTT) was determined at 29 standard anthropological landmarks by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 173 male and 127 female adult subjects of northwest Indian origin. Repeatability and accuracy of the measurements was assessed by paired t-test and 95% confidence intervals. A stepwise discriminant function analysis selected nine landmarks for better sex classification in FSTT measurements. The thickness of soft tissue was different from that described in the literature and reported for samples from other countries. A correlation between skinfold thickness and body mass index (BMI) with that of FSTT was observed. The data of facial soft tissue thickness will help forensic experts in reconstructing the face from a skull for identification purposes.
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