The use of photoanthropometry in facial mapping

Abstract

In forensic practice, there is a frequent demand for comparison of facial images of perpetrators and suspects. Photoanthropometry is the science of measurements from precisely defined marker points of the face and is commonly used to provide opinion evidence of identity from examination of facial pictures. In facial mapping, it is based on quantitative analysis on measurements of the distances and angles between anatomical facial landmarks and the generation of indices based on them. © Medwell Journals, 2012.