20837
Accession Number
26726
Title Of Article Chaper
Computer-Assisted Photographic Superimposition
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of Forensic Sciences
Volume
37
Issue
3
Pages
750-762
Collation
13 p. : ill.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Publisher
American Society for Testing and Materials
Publisher City
Philadelphia
ISSN
0022-1198
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
A new computer-assisted system for photographic superimposition using electronic imaging has been successfully employed to compare an antemortem photograph with a recovered cranium and mandible. Credibility of the comparison is enhanced through study of similar crania from collections of human remains of the Smithsonian Institution. Using this system, the recovered remains appear to match the photograph, while the crania and mandibles of the four individuals in the Smithsonian Institution collection that were found to be most similar to the recovered remains show distinct differences when compared with the photograph.
Keywords
photograph;superimpose;computer;skeleton;physical anthropology
pub_id
20837