Photoanthropometric study: are non-professional photographs suitable for objective and reliable analysis of facial features?
Background The face has been widely investigated using professionally taken frontal and lateral photographs, however, there is a lack of studies of non-professional facial photographs. It is not known if they could be suitable for facial analysis. The analysis of non-professional photographs could a...
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| author | Egle Stukaite-Ruibiene Stefanie Ritz-Timme Cristina Cattaneo Zuzana Obertova Renata Simkunaite-Rizgeliene Arunas Barkus Janina Tutkuviene |
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| description | Background The face has been widely investigated using professionally taken frontal and lateral photographs, however, there is a lack of studies of non-professional facial photographs. It is not known if they could be suitable for facial analysis. The analysis of non-professional photographs could allow the performance of cost- effective longitudinal studies.Aim To determine if non-professional photographs could be used for a reliable analysis of facial features.Subjects and methods The frontal profiles of 18–21-year-olds (35 males, 39 females) were measured by direct anthropometry, in addition, professional photographs were taken and non-professional photographs were obtained. Anthropometric landmarks were superimposed on those photographs. The indices calculated on the basis of the measurements of direct anthropometry and both types of photographs were compared.Results The comparison of the measurements of direct anthropometry and professional photographs showed no difference between 14 out of 25 male and 10 out of 25 female facial indices (p > 0.05) after comparing the results of direct anthropometry with those of non-professional photographs, no difference was found in 8 out of 25 male and 7 out of 25 female indices. These indices were mostly composed of vertical parameters and eye measurements.Conclusion Vertical facial dimensions and eye measurements may not only be used interchangeably for both facial photographs and direct anthropometry, but may also be suitable for objective and reliable facial analyses. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8829d5fb5d2945bf8647cd0ef93ca5702024-12-26T09:21:16ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAnnals of Human Biology0301-44601464-50332024-12-0151110.1080/03014460.2024.2414991Photoanthropometric study: are non-professional photographs suitable for objective and reliable analysis of facial features?Egle Stukaite-Ruibiene0Stefanie Ritz-Timme1Cristina Cattaneo2Zuzana Obertova3Renata Simkunaite-Rizgeliene4Arunas Barkus5Janina Tutkuviene6Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LithuaniaInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, GermanyLABANOF, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Università degli Studi, Milan, ItalyCentre for Forensic Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, AustraliaDepartment of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LithuaniaDepartment of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LithuaniaBackground The face has been widely investigated using professionally taken frontal and lateral photographs, however, there is a lack of studies of non-professional facial photographs. It is not known if they could be suitable for facial analysis. The analysis of non-professional photographs could allow the performance of cost- effective longitudinal studies.Aim To determine if non-professional photographs could be used for a reliable analysis of facial features.Subjects and methods The frontal profiles of 18–21-year-olds (35 males, 39 females) were measured by direct anthropometry, in addition, professional photographs were taken and non-professional photographs were obtained. Anthropometric landmarks were superimposed on those photographs. The indices calculated on the basis of the measurements of direct anthropometry and both types of photographs were compared.Results The comparison of the measurements of direct anthropometry and professional photographs showed no difference between 14 out of 25 male and 10 out of 25 female facial indices (p > 0.05) after comparing the results of direct anthropometry with those of non-professional photographs, no difference was found in 8 out of 25 male and 7 out of 25 female indices. These indices were mostly composed of vertical parameters and eye measurements.Conclusion Vertical facial dimensions and eye measurements may not only be used interchangeably for both facial photographs and direct anthropometry, but may also be suitable for objective and reliable facial analyses.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/03014460.2024.2414991Anthropometryfacial indicesfacial photographsprofessional photographsnon-professional photographs |
| spellingShingle | Egle Stukaite-Ruibiene Stefanie Ritz-Timme Cristina Cattaneo Zuzana Obertova Renata Simkunaite-Rizgeliene Arunas Barkus Janina Tutkuviene Photoanthropometric study: are non-professional photographs suitable for objective and reliable analysis of facial features? Annals of Human Biology Anthropometry facial indices facial photographs professional photographs non-professional photographs |
| title | Photoanthropometric study: are non-professional photographs suitable for objective and reliable analysis of facial features? |
| title_full | Photoanthropometric study: are non-professional photographs suitable for objective and reliable analysis of facial features? |
| title_fullStr | Photoanthropometric study: are non-professional photographs suitable for objective and reliable analysis of facial features? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Photoanthropometric study: are non-professional photographs suitable for objective and reliable analysis of facial features? |
| title_short | Photoanthropometric study: are non-professional photographs suitable for objective and reliable analysis of facial features? |
| title_sort | photoanthropometric study are non professional photographs suitable for objective and reliable analysis of facial features |
| topic | Anthropometry facial indices facial photographs professional photographs non-professional photographs |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/03014460.2024.2414991 |
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