Performance of the FearID earprint identification system

Forensic Science International

Volumn 166, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 145-154

  Alberink, Ivo ^a   Ruifrok, Arnout ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Earprint identification; Performance; Verification

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DATA BASE; FORENSIC EAR IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TRAINING;

EID: 33847014464     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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