Keyword: "3D visualization"

An Introduction to Building 3D Crime Scene Models Using SketchUp
Elissa St. Clair, Andy Maloney, Albert Schade
Crime scene investigators generally have two options when they need to create a three-dimensional (3D) model of a crime scene: enlist the services of an expert 3D modeller who specializes in graphic modelling or learn one of the full-fledged modelling tools to create the model themselves. Many modelling tools have…
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Biomechanical Examination of Blunt Trauma due to Baseball Bat Blows to the Head
Nadine Gläser, Beat P. Kneubuehl, Stefan Zuber, Stefan Axmann, Thomas Ketterer, Michael J. Thali, Stephan A. Bolliger
We report a case of a homicidal baseball bat blow to the head of a woman resulting in multiple skull fractures and an experimental setting to establish the striking energy. The victim and the baseball bat were digitized by multislice computed tomography (MSCT). Based on this data, 3D models were…
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Visualization of Cast-off Patterns Using 3D Modelling Software
Andy Maloney, Todd Campbell, Jim Killeen
Information gathered from cast-off patterns can be quite difficult to communicate to others who may not have attended the scene. An analyst at the scene can often visualize where in the room the person was standing when they were swinging the bloodied object that created the pattern as well as…
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