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Digital video image capture in establishing positive identification.
J Forensic Sci. 1997 May; 42(3):492-5.JF

Abstract

Positive identification of skeletonized, decomposed, or disfigured victims lacking clinical records is a difficult endeavor. However, videotapes of family and social activities can be analyzed using the frame isolating technique of video image capture by inexpensive means. A rare skeletal Class III malocclusion and dental peculiarities in a decomposing 3-year old lacking a clinical history were compared to videotapes taken of a suspected victim shortly prior to her disappearance. Overlaying transparent dental tracings from digitized skeletal remains onto selected frames of the videotape (and reversing this process) produced the identification and hastened the entire investigation.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Marks MK
Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
Bennett JL
No affiliation info available
Wilson OL
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Child, PreschoolFemaleForensic DentistryHumansMalocclusion, Angle Class IIPostmortem ChangesRadiography, Dental, DigitalSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedVideotape Recording

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

9144937

Citation

Marks, M K., et al. "Digital Video Image Capture in Establishing Positive Identification." Journal of Forensic Sciences, vol. 42, no. 3, 1997, pp. 492-5.
Marks MK, Bennett JL, Wilson OL. Digital video image capture in establishing positive identification. J Forensic Sci. 1997;42(3):492-5.
Marks, M. K., Bennett, J. L., & Wilson, O. L. (1997). Digital video image capture in establishing positive identification. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 42(3), 492-5.
Marks MK, Bennett JL, Wilson OL. Digital Video Image Capture in Establishing Positive Identification. J Forensic Sci. 1997;42(3):492-5. PubMed PMID: 9144937.
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