Automated dental identification system (ADIS)

  • Authors:
  • Hany Ammar;Robert Howell;Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb;Anil Jain

  • Affiliations:
  • West Virginia University;West Virginia University;University of Miami;Michigan State University

  • Venue:
  • dg.o '06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Digital government research
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Law enforcement agencies have exploited biometrics for decades as key tools in forensic identification. With the evolution in information technology and the huge volume of cases that need to be investigated by forensic specialists, automating the process of forensic identification became inevitable. Postmortem (PM) identification, encountered in mass disasters (e.g. wars, natural disasters, etc), requires the use of biometric characteristics that resist early decay of body tissues as well as withstand severe environmental conditions. To this end, dental features are the best candidates for PM identification [1].