Testing photogrammetry-based techniques for three-dimensional surface documentation in forensic pathology
2015
Abstract
Three-dimensional surface technologies particularly close range photogrammetry and optical surface scanning have recently advanced into affordable, flexible and accurate techniques. Forensic postmortem investigation as performed on a daily basis, however, has not yet fully benefited from their potentials.
In the present paper, we tested two approaches to 3D external body documentation - digital camera-based photogrammetry combined with commercial Agisoft PhotoScan (R) software and stereophotogrammetry-based Vectra H1 (R), a portable handheld surface scanner.