Communications from the Anthropometric Laboratory of the University of Aberdeen.

Comparative Study of Cranial Topographic Procedures

“…Furthermore, the accuracy and reproducibility of different methods have not been compared quantitatively (8,9,18,22,24,27,37). Therefore, we quantitatively compared the values obtained with the methods of Broca (8), Poirier (27), Reid (28), Taylor and Haughton (36), and Rhoton (30,38) in cranial cadaveric dissections for determining specific cortical points and their relationship to the CS and LS of the brain using cranial surface landmarks. These specific methods were chosen because they represent major developments or refinements in the attempt to locate major structures of the cortical surface and were influential in improving the precision of neurosurgical procedures.…”