Assessing Virtual Anthropometric Measurements and Quantifying Their Relationship to Osteometric Measurements Using Computed Tomography Scans From an Online Database.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Anthropometrics are a powerful tool for understanding bodily diversity. Using computed tomography (CT) scans from the New Mexico Decedent Image Database, we assess sources of methodological error that may complicate virtual anthropometric methods and quantify the comparability of anthropometric and osteometric measures.

Materials and methods

Standard measurement protocols were adapted for virtual measurement. Intra- and interobserver measurement error, and error from changing CT scan thresholds were evaluated. Relationships between anthropometric and osteometric correlates were then evaluated using pairwise Fligner-Killeen tests on coefficients of variation (CVs). Biological codependence was explored using reduced major axis (RMA) regressions.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Wiley AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12663910 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature