An Accuracy Assessment of Forensic Computerized Facial Reconstruction Employing Cone-Beam Computed Tomography from Live Subjects

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 318-327

  Lee, Won Joon ^a   Wilkinson, Caroline M ^a   Hwang, Hyeon Shik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D computerized modeling method; Accuracy; Cone beam CT; Forensic facial reconstruction; Forensic science; Korean

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857444770     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01971.x     Document Type: Article

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