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Klappentext The process of identifying the victim(s) of crime is an essential component of any law enforcement investigation where decomposition! trauma and purposeful disfigurement have made identity uncertain. Using computer-graphic and mathematical means of facial reconstruction and approximation - from segmented! decomposed or skeletal remains overs a cost-efficient! anatomically-accurate and expedient methodology to accomplish this core component. This unique volume showcases current progress in computer-graphic facial reconstruction from forensic anthropology and odontology to perceptual psychology. Using expeditious and cost-efficient computationally based means! accurate facial reconstruction--from fragmented decomposed! or skeletal remains--alleviates the subjectivity of clay-based efforts and enhances utilization of objective methods. Computer-Graphic Facial Reconstruction is designed as a resource guide for researchers designing new projects and protocols as well as a practical handbook of methods and techniques for medico-legal practitioners who actually identify the faceless victims of crime. The methods described complement! and may even replace! the less-reliable! more traditional means of securing identification by presumptive means! i.e.! clothing! personal effects and clay reconstruction. Zusammenfassung Looks at a cost-efficient! fast and accurate means of facial reconstruction - from segmented! decomposed! or skeletal remains - using computer-graphic and computational means. This work is also designed as a practical handbook of methods and techniques for medico-legal practitioners who actually identify the faceless victims of crime.
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Introduction To Facial Reconstruction, Classical Non Computer-Assisted Craniofacial Reconstruction, The Wisdom Of Bones: Facial Approximation On The Skull, Three-Dimensional Quantification Of Facial Shape, Automatic 3D Facial Reconstruction By Feature-Based Registration Of A Reference Head, Two-Dimensional Computer Generated Average Human Face Morphology And Facial Approximation, Predicting The Most Probable Facial Features Using Bayesian Networks, Mathematical Morphology And Computer Graphics, Face Reconstructions Using Flesh Deformation Modes, Digital 3D Reconstruction Of Skulls From Fragments Using SLT And CAD/CAM Tools, Forensic Facial Reconstruction Using Computer Modeling Software, Ceiling Recognition Limits Of Two-Dimensional Facial Approximations Constructed Using Averages, Utilization Of 3D Cephalometric Finite Elements Modeling For Measuring Human Facial Soft Tissue Thickness, Computer Aided Dental Identification: Developing Objective Criteria For Comparisons Of Oro-Facial Skeletal, Characteristics To Prove Human Identity, Two Methodologies Of Memory Research: "Explanation-Testing” And "Reconstruction,” Using "Laser Scans” To Study Face Perception, Investigation Of Ethnic Differences In Facial Morphology By Three-Dimensional Averaging, Estimation And Animation Of Faces Using Facial Motion Mapping And A 3D Face Database, Facial Image Identification System Based On 3D Physiognomic Data, A New Retrieval System Using A 3D Facial Image Database
