title: Visual identification from videotape after electronic erasure of mutilating injuries.
abstract: A rapid method of identification by using computerized videotape erasure of mutilating injuries is presented. The identification of a human head, which was mutilated and severed in two major fragments, illustrates the application of the method. Following the reconstruction and suturing of the head fragments, the face was videotaped and the mutilating injuries were electronically erased. The televised broadcasting, in color, of the reconstructed face, free of injuries, elicited prompt visual identification by relatives of the deceased within < 1 h.
authors.affiliation: Office of the Coroner of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219-2186.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Perper
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Backner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D005151:Facial Injuries; D005553:Forensic Dentistry; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D014743:Videotape Recording / Q000379:methods*