Haptics in forensics: The possibilities and advantages in using the haptic device for reconstruction approaches in forensic science

Forensic Science International

Volumn 180, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 86-92

  Buck, Ursula ^a,b   Naether, Silvio ^a   Braun, Marcel ^c   Thali, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Canton Police Bern   (Switzerland)

^c Accident Service   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D optical scanning; 3D reconstruction; Forensic science; Haptic device; Radiological scanning; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 51249084771     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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