Human identification through image superimposition

Authors

  • Luiz Airton Saavedra de Paiva Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo – FM/USP.
  • Rodolfo Francisco Haltenhoff Melani Faculdade de Odontologia – UNICAMP.
  • Silvia Virginia Tedeschi Oliveira Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade de São Paulo – FO/USP.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-2770.v10i1-2p1-5

Keywords:

Forensic anthropology. Forensic medicine. Photography. Forensic dentistry.

Abstract

The human identification as a forensic activity can be done by different techniques. Many times the lack of documentation in life (

ante-mortem) make the use of safer techniques not viable. This work describes a case where the image superimposition technique was the only resource left to identify a person. It was used pictures from the skull of a skeleton that had an anthropological forensic examination, and pictures of the missing person. The superimposition ofthe imagesdone with the Adobe ® Photoshop® cs 6.0 version for Windows software, for its easiness of execution and low cost, reveal itself being fundamental, added to other evidence, in the identification of the case.

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Author Biographies

  • Luiz Airton Saavedra de Paiva, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo – FM/USP.
    Mestre e Doutor em Ciências pela Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo – FM/USP.
  • Rodolfo Francisco Haltenhoff Melani, Faculdade de Odontologia – UNICAMP.

    Mestre e Doutor em Odontologia Legal pela Faculdade de Odontologia – UNICAMP.

  • Silvia Virginia Tedeschi Oliveira, Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade de São Paulo – FO/USP.
    Especialista em Odontologia Legal pela Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade de São Paulo – FO/USP.

Published

2005-11-07

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How to Cite

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Paiva LAS de, Melani RFH, Oliveira SVT. Human identification through image superimposition. Saúde ética justiça [Internet]. 2005 Nov. 7 [cited 2026 Jan. 3];10(1-2):1-5. Available from: https://revistas.usp.br/sej/article/view/43348