A New Algorithm for Source Identification of Look-alike Footwear Impressions Based on Automatic Alignment

Shoeprints are a common type of evidence found at crime scenes and are regularly used in forensic investigations. However, their utility is limited by the lack of reference footwear databases…

When a crime is committed, law enforcement directs crime scene experts to obtain evidence that may be pertinent to identifying the perpetrator(s). Much of this evidence comes in the form…

Shoeprints are aligned before assessing similarity, and automatic alignment algorithms can handle differences in translation, rotation [1], and scale. But shoeprints recorded at a crime scene may be partials photographed…

This presentation is from the 76th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), Denver, Colorado, February 19-24, 2024.