Reconstruction and 3D visualisation based on objective real 3D based documentation

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 208-217

  Bolliger, Michael J ^a   Buck, Ursula ^a   Thali, Michael J ^b   Bolliger, Stephan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D Studio Max; Digital visualisation; Forensic reconstruction; Maya; Primary information and secondary interpretation; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864928837     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-011-9288-8     Document Type: Article

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