Mathematical matching of a dentition to bitemarks: Use and evaluation of affine methods

Forensic Science International

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 111-118

  Sheets, H David ^a   Bush, Mary A ^b  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Affine transformations; Bitemark research; Bitemarks; Dental uniqueness; Forensic odontology; Forensic science

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BITE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTITION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953033358     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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