A novel method of automated skull registration for forensic facial approximation

Forensic Science International

Volumn 154, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 149-158

  Turner, W D ^a   Brown, R E B ^a   Kelliher, T P ^a   Tu, P H ^a   Taister, M A ^b   Miller, K W P ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Facial reconstruction; Forensic art; Human identification; Human remains; Thin plate spline

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; FACE PROFILE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GOVERNMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 25144479061     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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