Using Virtual Heads for Person Identification: An Empirical Study Comparing Photographs to Photogrammetrically-Generated Models

Journal of Forensic Identification

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 722-728

  Bailenson, Jeremy N ^a,b   Beall, Andrew C ^a   Blascovich, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY; WITNESS;

EID: 0242299597     PISSN: 0895173X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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