ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1985
Page Count: 13

In Vivo Measurements of Facial Tissue Thicknesses in American Caucasoid Children
Hodson, G
Graduate student, University of Arizona, AZ

Lieberman, LS
Associate professor, University of Florida, FL

Wright, P
Chief technologist, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, University of Florida, FL

(Received 18 May 1984; accepted 18 January 1985)

Abstract

Ultrasonic determinations were made of facial tissue thicknesses in 50 healthy American caucasoid children, ranging in age from 4 to 15. Twenty measurements were taken at sites along the median, right sagittal, and right lateral planes. A static scanner was used in the B-mode. Three measurements significantly increased with age, the mid-philtrum (rs = 0.43, p < 0.01) in females, the mental sulcus (rs = 0.30, p < 0.05) in males, and the frontal eminence (rs = 0.32, p < 0.05) in both sexes. Moreover, 25% of the measurements, while not statistically significant, decreased with increasing age. These data provide a basis for facial reproductions in caucasoid children.

Keywords:
forensic anthropology, human identification, children, facial reproduction, diagnostic ultrasound, in vivo measurements, facial tissue thicknesses

Paper ID: JFS11051J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11051J
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