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Computer-aided skull/face superimposition.

V Pesce Delfino·M Colonna·E Vacca·F Potente·F Introna
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By use of a special optical device coupled with a TV camera to match a skull and a photograph of a face, superimposition for the purpose of personal identification was performed in controlled situations. A computer-aided method to evaluate the fit of the superimposition has been outlined by means of an original Shape Analytical Morphometry (SAM) software package yielding analytical descriptions by kth-order poly-nominal equations and Fourier harmonic analysis. The match was carried out by using point-cross error and sum of differences for the Fourier set amplitude. A final comprehensive evaluation exhibited marked differences between congruent and noncongruent superimpositions.

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V Pesce Delfino, M Colonna, E Vacca, F Potente, F Introna. 1986. Computer-aided skull/face superimposition.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00000433-198607030-00006

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