New method for height estimation of subjects represented in photograms taken from video surveillance systems

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 489-492

  De Angelis, Danilo ^a   Sala, Remo ^b   Cantatore, Angela ^b   Poppa, Pasquale ^a   Dufour, Michele ^a   Grandi, Marco ^a   Cattaneo, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 Dimensional modelling; Height; Personal identification; Video surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CALCULATION; CAMERA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BODY HEIGHT; CRIME; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 35348891436     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0176-4     Document Type: Article

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