Table 1.
Landmark number | Landmark name | Description |
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1 and 2 | Superciliary points | Points located above the most superior part of the eyebrows |
3 and 6 | Exocanthion | Points at outer corner of the eye fissure |
4 and 5 | Endocanthion | Points at the inner corner of the eye fissure |
7 and 8 | Zygion | Most prominent point on the cheek area beneath the outer canthus and slightly medial to the vertical line passing through it. |
9 | Nasion | The midpoint on the soft tissue contour of the base of the nasal root at the level of the frontonasal suture |
10 | Pronasale | The most anterior midpoint of the nasal tip |
11 | Pogonion | The most anterior midpoint of the chin |
12 | Subnasale | Midpoint of angle at the columella base where the lower border of the nasal septum and the surface of the upper lip meet |
13 and 14 | Subalare | Point on the margin of the base of the nose where the ala disappears into the upper lip skin |
15 and 16 | Alar curvature | Most lateral point on the curved base line of each ala |
Landmark number | Landmark name | Description |
17 and 18 | Cheilion | Point located at the corner of each labial commissure |
19 | Labrale superius | The midpoint of the vermilion line of the upper lip |
20 | Labrale inferius | The midpoint on the vermilion line of the lower lip |
21 and 22 | Crista philtri left and right | Peak of cupids bow left and right |
23 and 24 | Corresponding lower lip points to crista philtri left and right | Corresponding points on lower lip to crista philtri left and right |
25 and 26 | Upper middle lateral lip points | Midpoints located between cheilion and crista philtri left and right |
27 and 28 | Lower middle lateral lip points | Midpoint between cheilion and 23 and between cheilion and 24 |
29 | Glabella | Midline point between eyebrows |
Abbreviation: 3D, 3-dimensional.