Use of footwear impressions in crime scene investigations assisted by computerised footwear collection system

Forensic Science International

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-79

  Mikkonen, Sirkka ^a   Suominen, Vesa ^b   Heinonen, Pia ^b  

^a National Bureau of Investigation Finland   (Finland)

^b Turku Police   (Finland)

Author keywords

Classification system; Footwear impressions; Image database; Shoes

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIME; DATA BASE; GEOMETRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE;

EID: 0030587555     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(96)01968-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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