A large-scale statistical analysis of barefoot impressions

• Published in: Journal of forensic sciences Vol. 50; no. 5; p. 1071
• Main Authors: Kennedy, Robert B, Chen, Sanping, Pressman, Irwin S, Yamashita, A Brian, Pressman, Ari E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2005
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Female; Foot - anatomy & histology; Forensic Medicine - methods; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Male; Models, Biological; Principal Component Analysis; Probability

In an earlier paper, outlines of footprints of persons walking normally were studied to determine whether different people make verifiably distinct footprints. Our basic null hypothesis is: given a footprint outline trace made by Subject A (Alice), then Subject B (Bob), a distinct person, cannot pro...