Audio forensic examination

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 84-94

  Maher, Robert C ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL FORENSICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

AUDIO FORENSICS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (DSP); LEGAL SYSTEM; PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES; SIGNAL QUALITY;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 85032751728     PISSN: 10535888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2008.931080     Document Type: Article

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