A three-dimensional morphometric study of craniofacial shape in schizophrenia
| Autor: | Michael Yerukhimovich, David Dean, Peter F. Buckley, Kyoung June Min, Beth Singer, Fred L. Bookstein, Seungho Han |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Psychosis Holography Developmental psychology Discriminatory power Superoinferior Craniofacial Abnormalities Imaging Three-Dimensional Sex Factors Sex factors medicine Image Processing Computer-Assisted Humans Craniofacial Orthodontics Anthropometry Lasers Middle Aged medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Face Schizophrenia Female Psychology Shape analysis (digital geometry) |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of psychiatry. 162(3) |
| ISSN: | 0002-953X |
| Popis: | Background: Subtle dysmorphogenesis of the craniofacial region constitutes important corroborating evidence of the neurodevelopmental origins of schizophrenia. Advances in facial visualization now allow for three-dimensional anthropometric evaluations of potentially greater discriminatory power in examining the complex geometric relationships of facial topography. METHOD: Sixty-five anthropometrically derived landmarks were identified from three-dimensional facial images collected from 14 patients with schizophrenia and 11 comparison subjects, imaged with a high-resolution, portable laser scanner. RESULTS: Using the Procrustes morphometric approach for shape analysis, the difference in mean shapes was highly significant, with patients exhibiting superoinferior elongation of the face. CONCLUSIONS: The topography of craniofacial anomalies in schizophrenia is not random and points to midline deformation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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