Computer-based production of bite mark comparison overlays

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1050-1055

  Sweet, David ^a,c   Parhar, Mark ^b   Wood, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Bureau of Legal Dentistry ^*

^c Bureau of Legal Dentistry   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adobe Photoshop; Bite mark analysis; Comparison overlays; Computers; Forensic odontology; Forensic science; Human bite mark

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BITE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; ODONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031682128     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14356j     Document Type: Article

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