Computerized craniofacial reconstruction: Conceptual framework and review

Forensic Science International

Volumn 201, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 138-145

  Claes, Peter ^a   Vandermeulen, Dirk ^b   De Greef, Sven ^c   Willems, Guy ^c   Clement, John Gerald ^a   Suetens, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D; Computer aided; Craniofacial reconstruction; Identification; Review

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODEL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FACE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INDIVIDUALITY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 77955277736     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.03.008     Document Type: Review

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