A test of individuality of human external ear pattern: Its application in the field of personal identification

Forensic Science International

Volumn 178, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 112-118

  Purkait, Ruma ^a   Singh, Priyanka ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Euclidean distance; External ear; Feature space; Individuality; Personal identification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 44349104140     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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