Digital imaging and image analysis applied to numerical applications in forensic hair examination

Science and Justice

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-37

  Brooks, Elizabeth ^a   Comber, Bruce ^a   McNaught, Ian ^b   Robertson, James ^a  

^a Forensic and Data Centres   (Australia)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Colour models; Digital imaging; Forensic hair examination; Objective numerical analysis; Pattern matching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; SCALP HAIR;

FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79951720368     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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