Assessing facial approximation accuracy: how do resemblance ratings of disparate faces compare to recognition tests?

CN Stephan, RS Arthur - Forensic science international, 2006 - Elsevier
In the past, the accuracy of facial approximations has been assessed by resemblance
ratings (ie, the comparison of a facial approximation directly to a target individual) and …

Measuring the accuracy of facial approximations: a comparative study of resemblance rating and face array methods

CN Stephan, J Cicolini - Journal of forensic sciences, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The success of facial approximation is thought to depend, at least in part, upon the
“accuracy” of the constructed face. However, methods of accuracy assessment are varied …

Recognition by forensic facial approximation: case specific examples and empirical tests

CN Stephan, M Henneberg - Forensic science international, 2006 - Elsevier
The skeletal remains of one individual found near Adelaide in 1994, although not known at
the time, were the first evidence of what was to be a serial killing reported to have resulted in …

Do resemblance ratings measure the accuracy of facial approximations?

CN Stephan - Journal of forensic sciences, 2002 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Since forensic facial approximations are used to promote recognition of a deceased person,
an accurate forensic facial approximation (FFA) should be easily recognized as the person …

The reproducibility of facial approximation accuracy results generated from photo-spread tests

CN Stephan, J Cicolini - Forensic science international, 2010 - Elsevier
The accuracies of facial approximations have been measured by determining the frequency
that examiners recognize correctly matching faces from photo-spreads under blind …

Assessment of presentation methods for ReFace computerized facial approximations

AH Richard, CL Parks, KL Monson - Forensic science international, 2014 - Elsevier
Facial approximations (whether clay sculptures, sketches, or computer-generated) can be
presented to the public in a variety of layouts, but there are currently no clear indicators as to …

Comparison among manual facial approximations conducted by two methodological approaches of face prediction

LM Herrera, RAP Strapasson, AA Zanin… - Journal of forensic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study verified the difference between two methods of forensic facial approximation
(FFA) regarding recognition and resemblance rates. Three‐dimensional models of skulls …

Preliminary performance assessment of computer automated facial approximations using computed tomography scans of living individuals

CL Parks, AH Richard, KL Monson - Forensic science international, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract ReFace (Reality Enhancement Facial Approximation by Computational Estimation)
is a computer-automated facial approximation application jointly developed by the Federal …

Building faces from dry skulls: are they recognized above chance rates?

CN Stephan, M Henneberg - Journal of forensic …, 2001 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Methods of facial approximation have successfully aided the identification of deceased
individuals. Successes may be due to either accurate facial approximation techniques or …

Targeting specific facial variation for different identification tasks

G Aeria, P Claes, D Vandermeulen… - Forensic science …, 2010 - Elsevier
A conceptual framework that allows faces to be studied and compared objectively with
biological validity is presented. The framework is a logical extension of modern …