"Java 3D Head Generation Tool"

Supervised by S.North

Abstract

This dissertation project has been proposed by Dr Martin Evison (Department of Forensic Pathology) of the Medico-Legal Centre (Sheffield University) [41]. Dr Evison specialises in Forensic Three-Dimensional Facial Reconstruction. This involves recreating a countenance, the facial characteristics, of an individual using the skull.

The Department of Forensic Pathology possesses a specialised piece of hardware called a CT (Computed Tomography) scanner. This can be used to scan the surface of a skull and output three-dimensional coordinate information in a binary format.