title: Toneline bite mark photography.
abstract: In bite mark analyses, the initial photograph is critical for the collection and presentation of evidence. A high-contrast film technique previously used primarily in the graphic arts field has been refined and applied to forensic odontology. The process, called toneline, reduces the interpretational bias of the investigator and yields a transparent overlay with a photographic outline of the bite mark which can be directly compared with models of the suspect's teeth.
authors.affiliation: Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wentzel
mesh_terms: D001734:Bites, Human / Q000473:pathology*; D005553:Forensic Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D010781:Photography / Q000592:standards*