Testing the reliability of frontal sinuses in positive identification

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-22

  Christensen, Angi M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b 250 S Stadium Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Elliptic Fourier analysis; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Frontal sinuses; Geometric morphometrics; Positive identification

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY;

EID: 11844266635     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2004145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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