CT Scans Could Bolster Forensic Database to ID Unidentified Remains

The finding may also have clinical applications for craniofacial surgeons. "As forensic anthropologists, we can map specific coordinates on a skull and use software that we developed -- called 3D-ID -- to compare those three-dimensional coordinates with a database of biological characteristics," says Dr. Ann Ross, a professor of anthropology at NC ... (more)

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CT scans could bolster forensic database to ID unidentified remains

The finding may also have clinical applications for craniofacial surgeons. "As forensic anthropologists, we can map specific coordinates on a skull and use software that we developed -- called 3D-ID -- to compare those three-dimensional coordinates with a database of biological characteristics," says Dr. Ann Ross, a professor of anthropology at NC ... (more)

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