A novel method of automated skull registration for forensic facial approximation
| Autor: | M.A. Taister, Kevin W. P. Miller, Rebecca Brown, Peter Henry Tu, Timothy Patrick Kelliher, Wesley David Turner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Computer science ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION Pathology and Forensic Medicine Imaging Three-Dimensional Software Statistical approximation Medical imaging medicine Humans Computer vision Thin plate spline ComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS Human head business.industry Skull Forensic facial reconstruction Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Databases as Topic Face Forensic Anthropology Artificial intelligence Tomography Tomography X-Ray Computed business Law Algorithms |
| Zdroj: | Forensic Science International. 154:149-158 |
| ISSN: | 0379-0738 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.10.003 |
| Popis: | Modern forensic facial reconstruction techniques are based on an understanding of skeletal variation and tissue depths. These techniques rely upon a skilled practitioner interpreting limited data. To (i) increase the amount of data available and (ii) lessen the subjective interpretation, we use medical imaging and statistical techniques. We introduce a software tool, reality enhancement/facial approximation by computational estimation (RE/FACE) for computer-based forensic facial reconstruction. The tool applies innovative computer-based techniques to a database of human head computed tomography (CT) scans in order to derive a statistical approximation of the soft tissue structure of a questioned skull. A core component of this tool is an algorithm for removing the variation in facial structure due to skeletal variation. This method uses models derived from the CT scans and does not require manual measurement or placement of landmarks. It does not require tissue-depth tables, can be tailored to specific racial categories by adding CT scans, and removes much of the subjectivity of manual reconstructions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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