The task of forensic facial experts is to assess the likelihood whether a suspect is depicted
on crime scene images. They typically (a) use morphological analysis when comparing parts …

This paper proposes a functional feature-based approach useful for real forensic caseworks,
based on the shape, orientation and size of facial traits, which can be considered as a soft …

This paper focuses on automatic facial regions extraction for forensic applications. Forensic
examiners compare different facial areas of face images obtained from both uncontrolled …

Abstract The Facial Identification Scientific Working Group (FISWG) publishes
recommendations regarding one-to-one facial comparisons. At this moment a draft version …

The face is one of the most reliable and easy-to-acquire biometric features, widely used for
the recognition of individuals. In controlled environments facial recognition systems are …

This paper reports an exhaustive analysis of the discriminative power of the different regions
of the human face on various forensic scenarios. In practice, when forensic examiners …

Following the deployment of strong biometric systems in forensic science (for example,
finger/palmprints or DNA), additional weaker biometric data such as facial information, ear or …

This article presents an experimental analysis of the combination of different regions of the
human face on various forensic scenarios to generate scientific knowledge useful for the …

This work presents a novel framework to investigate the possibility of using textural
information from facial skin regions for biometric identification of individuals. Such …

FISWG characteristic descriptors are facial features that can be used for evidence evaluation
during forensic case work. In this paper we investigate the discriminating power of a …