Reconstruction of ripped-up documents using fragment stack analysis procedures

Forensic Science International

Volumn 176, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 124-136

  De Smet, Patrick ^a,b  

^a Nationaal Instituut voor Criminalistiek en Criminologie (NICC/INCC)   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Reconstruction; Ripped up documents; Stack analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; DOCUMENTATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 39749087654     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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