ABSTRACT
Morphometries has ancient roots, with a solid foundation in geometric principles. Increasing interest in the field of morphometries leads to a number of questions, such as: how is morphometries currently viewed; how has it been applied to the craniofacial complex; and what are the implications of these developments in morphometries for future craniofacial studies. Morphometries represents the combination of four distinct approaches dealing with the numerical description of form. These four strains can be distinguished as: multivariate morphometries; coordinate morphometries, including biorthogonal grids, finite elements and thin-plate splines; boundary morphometries such as Fourier descriptors, eigenshape analysis, median axis analysis, and elliptical Fourier functions and textural morphometries consisting of techniques such as Fourier transforms and coherent optical processing. In a different study, limited to human materials, differences were obtained between males and females at different ages as well as distinct patterns at different regions within the same vertebrae.
