URBANOVÁ, Petra, Mikoláš JURDA, Miroslav KRÁLÍK, Ctibor OSTRÝ and Petr VACHŮT. How to Fingerprint a Nearly 300-year-old Mummy. Journal of Forensic Identification. United States of America, 2019, vol. 69, No 4, p. 451-469. ISSN 0895-173X.
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Original name How to Fingerprint a Nearly 300-year-old Mummy
Authors URBANOVÁ, Petra (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Mikoláš JURDA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Miroslav KRÁLÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ctibor OSTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr VACHŮT (203 Czech Republic).
Edition Journal of Forensic Identification, United States of America, 2019, 0895-173X.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30501 Forensic science
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/19:00111067
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Keywords (in Czech) Mummy; fingerprints; 3D scanning; 3D printing; close-range photogrammetry
Keywords in English Mummy; fingerprints; 3D scanning; 3D printing; close-range photogrammetry
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Obtaining postmortem fingerprints from a mummified human corps represents a challenging task. Mummification alters, often irreversibly, elasticity of the skin. It dries, hardens, and creases the body surface to a degree, which makes it very difficult to employ conventional fingerprinting techniques. The present paper introduces a contact-less three-dimensional digital approach for re-establishing a crease-free skin surface and for acquiring a two-dimensional reproduction of the volar surface of a finger pad. The technique was developed while fingerprinting baron Franz von der Trenck (1711-1749), an elite Austrian-Hungarian military officer, whose naturally mummified body rests in the Capuchin Crypt in Brno, Czech Republic. His disarticulated left thumb was documented using an Atos Capsule 3D scanner and close-range photogrammetry. In order to obtain a flat 2D thumbprint, two techniques were proposed. One was based on digitally painted texture which adheres on the ridges, but avoids the grooves. The other imprinted an enlarged physical replica of the volar surface built by employing PolyJet 3D print technology. Both techniques successfully dealt with the rigidity and extensive wrinkling of the imprinted skin. The texture paint technique, however, depicted the skin characteristics uniformly and more clearly. The present case study lays down a foundation for incorporating an advanced 3D virtual approach into fingerprint processing in the forensic context.
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MUNI/A/1198/2017, interní kód MUName: Základní a aplikovaný výzkum kraniofaciálního komplexu člověka
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
MUNI/A/1400/2018, interní kód MUName: Rozvoj aplikačního potenciálu morfologických znaků obličeje člověka
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
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