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Renitta Rajan Thottungal, M.Sc.

Ph.D. STARS student

Laboratory of 3D Imaging and Analytical Methods
Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics
Viničná 7, 128 00 Prague 2

Supervisor: prof. RNDr. Jana Velemínská, Ph.D.

Email: renittat@outlook.com or renirov@gmail.com

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Thesis:

Validation of computer modelled forensic facial reconstruction technique, AFA3D using CT data from live subjects: A multiregional study

The project focuses to assess the accuracy of the three-dimensional computerised facial reconstruction technique by Pierre Guyomarc’h – AFA3D (Anthropological Facial Approximation in Three Dimensions, 2014) by utilising facial CT images of live subjects from different geographical regions- Czech Republic, Slovakia, France and Egypt. Subjects from various age groups will be analysed and reconstructed using AFA3D and the success rate of recognition of the generated reconstructions will be evaluated through the comparison of the faces from CT images. Studies relating to FSTT (Facial Soft Tissue Thickness) will also be conducted as part of the thesis, along with the effect of vertical and supine positions of the head on the facial soft tissue surface during CT imaging.

 

Scientific and Research Focus: 

Forensic Anthropology: Application of knowledge of physical anthropology in legal aspects involving biological profiling (estimations of age, sex, ancestry and stature), trauma assessments of skeletal, decomposed bodies or unidentified human remains.

Forensic Archaeology: Application of archaeological theory and methods to crime scene excavation and recovery. Broad range of scientific methods and techniques involving site surveying, mapping, photography, excavation, dating, artefact analysis and report writing for studying the past.

Facial Reconstruction/Approximation: Techniques of depicting/ building a face for an unidentified individual by entailing estimations of faces from dry skulls, or from virtual skulls generated through medical imaging platforms, reconstruction of soft-tissue facial morphology on the underlying skeletal morphology and then by generating facial sculptures/graphics.

Areas of research interest in the field: 3D imaging techniques, AFA3D, Facial Soft Tissue Thickness (FSTT studies) 

Virtual Anthropology: Application of geometric-morphometric methods in anthropology

 

Projects and Dissertation Undertaken:

PROFESSIONAL PROJECT: Analysis of Frontal Sinus Volume from Computed Tomography Scans for Sex Estimation in a Western Australian Adult Population (The University of Western Australia- 2021)

DISSERTATION WORK: Developmental Dental Anomalies: A Review of their Relevance in Forensic Identification (The University of Western Australia- 2021)

 

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