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. 2012 Oct 16;1(1):26–35. doi: 10.1016/j.imr.2012.09.003

Table 2.

Feature variables expressing the facial characteristics.

Size-related variables Shape-related variables
Face shape Width: FW33*, FW43
Height: FD(47,51), FD(52,51)
Ratio: FW33/FD(47,51),     FW33/FD(52,51),
FW43/FD(47,51), FW43/FD(52,51)
Angle: FA(33,43,51)
Forehead Height: PDV(6,9)§, PDV(7,9),
PDV(6,7), PDV(6,9)
Angle: PA(6,7,9),     PA(9,7)||, PA(9,6), PA(9,12)
Ratio: PD(77,9)/PD(6,9), PDV(7,9)/PDV(6,9)
Distance: PD(7,77)
Eye Width: FDH(18,25)
Height: FDV(17,26)§
Angle: FA(25,18)||, FA(25,17), FA(25,26),
FA(17,18), FA(18,17,25)
Ratio: FDV(17,26)/FDH(18,25)
Nose Width: FW35, PDH(12,14)
Height: PDV(12,14)
Distance: PD(12,14)
Area: PR(12,14,21)**
Angle: PA(14,12), PA(14,21), PA(12,14,21)
Ratio: FD(52,49)/FW35
Mouth Width: FW40 Height: FDV(38,50)
*

FWn: distance from a point n to the central vertical line in a frontal image.

FD(n1, n2) (or PD(n1, n2)): distance between point n1 and n2 in a frontal (or profile) image.

FDH(n1, n2) (or PDH(n1, n2)): horizontal distance between n1 and n2 in a frontal (or profile) image.

§FDV(n1, n2) (or PDV(n1, n2)): vertical distance between n1 and n2 in a frontal (or profile) image.

||FA(n1, n2) (or PA(n1, n2)): angle between the line through two points, n1 and n2, and a horizontal line in a frontal (or profile) image.

FA(n1, n2, n3) (or PA(n1, n2, n3)): angle between three points, n1, n2 and n3, in a frontal (or profile) image.

**

PR(n1, n2, n3): area of the triangle formed by three points, n1, n2, and n3, in a profile image.