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3D Processing and Visualization of Scanned Forensic Data

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Computational Forensics (IWCF 2008)

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Abstract

A major task in forensic pathology is the documentation of surface injuries. In this contribution, we present a semi-automatic approach for the processing of data from 3D photogrammetry for the visualization of the body surface.

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  1. Visual Computing (ICCAS), University of Leipzig,  

    Dirk Bartz

  2. Visual Computing for Medicine Group, University of Tübingen,  

    Alexander Ehlert & Dirk Bartz

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Ehlert, A., Bartz, D. (2008). 3D Processing and Visualization of Scanned Forensic Data. In: Srihari, S.N., Franke, K. (eds) Computational Forensics. IWCF 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5158. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85303-9_7

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