DEVELOPING A UNIFIED FACIAL TISSUE THICKNESS MODEL FROM NEUROIMAGING DATA FOR SRI LANKA USING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES

Authors

  • Lochana T. Batuwitage University of Colombo School of Computing, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Aparni Jayawardena University of Colombo School of Computing, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Himashi Sandamini University of Colombo School of Computing, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Roshan N. Rajapakse University of Colombo School of Computing, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Damitha D. Karunaratna University of Colombo School of Computing, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Muditha Vidanapathirana Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
  • Aruna Pallewatte National Hospital of Sri Lanka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i7.2017.2141

Keywords:

Facial Reconstruction, Ultrasound, CT, MRI, ANOVA, SPSS

Abstract [English]

Facial soft tissue thickness (FSTT) is essential to forensic anthropologists for facial reconstruction- recreating a recognizable face from an unidentified skull and to plastic surgeons for treatment planning. Together with the age and sex of a person, the facial profile is related to facial soft tissue thickness, which is required for accurate facial reconstruction and recognition. Having such a facial profile in the national level is very important for a country since FSTT changes according to the geographical factors.


In this paper we are presenting a review on literature associated with this topic describing the methods used for data collection, measuring FSTT and analyzing those values along with the method we are proposing to be followed in the research we are to conduct in the Sri Lankan context.

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2017-07-31

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Batuwitage, L. T., Jayawardena, A., Sandamini, H., Rajapakse, R. N., Karunaratna, D. D., Vidanapathirana, M., & Pallewatte, A. (2017). DEVELOPING A UNIFIED FACIAL TISSUE THICKNESS MODEL FROM NEUROIMAGING DATA FOR SRI LANKA USING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES. International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 5(7), 354–362. https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i7.2017.2141