Publications by authors named "Qing-Nan Mou"
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- Lips are crucial for forensic facial approximation (FFA) and the study investigates their morphology by analyzing facial soft tissue thickness (FSTT) and measurements from a Chinese population using cone-beam CT (CBCT) and 3dMD images.
- The research includes 180 healthy individuals (90 males and 90 females), categorized into two groups based on different skeletal occlusions, focusing on variations in FSTT and identifying significant correlations between soft and hard tissue measurements.
- The study concludes that the combined use of CBCT and 3dMD enhances the understanding of lip morphology, revealing gender differences and providing reliable regression equations with a low average error for FFA applications.
Dentition is an individualizing structure in humans that may be potentially utilized in individual identification. However, research on the use of three-dimensional (3D) digital models for personal identification is rare. This study aimed to develop a method for individual identification based on a 3D image registration algorithm and assess its feasibility in practice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe nose is the most prominent part of the face and is a crucial factor for facial esthetics as well as facial reconstruction. Although some studies have explored the features of external nose and predicted the relationships between skeletal structures and soft tissues in the nasal region, the reliability and applicability of methods used in previous studies have not been reproduced. In addition, the majority of previous studies have focused on the sagittal direction, whereas the thickness of the soft tissues was rarely analyzed in three dimensions.
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