- Dr. Caroline Wilkinson
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Research Summary
Caroline's focus, for the last 10 years, has been to attempt to increase the accuracy of facial reconstruction methods by analysing the relationships between the soft and hard tissues of the face, in order to assess old and create new standards for practical use. This research has employed anthropometry, photogrammetry, clinical imaging, human dissection, surface scanning, face pool identification, volunteer resemblance assessments, skeletal assessment and automated statistical models.
Under a research fellowship funded by NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts) Caroline developed and assessed a computerized facial reconstruction system employing “virtual” sculpture, which has been used within the UK for forensic identification and internationally for archaeological investigation.
Her previous research has also included the analysis of juvenile facial tissues using ultrasound measurements, cranial growth in adults, skull reassembly, the use of facial reconstruction in Egyptology and archaeology and juvenile facial reconstruction.
Caroline has been involved in human identification research from CCTV images and have acted as an expert witness in facial image analysis for Criminal Court. These human identification procedures are continually researched and audited to allow the constant review and scrutiny of standards.
To evaluate facial image analysis procedures, Caroline undertook research into the assessment of facial morphology population statistics, reliability and accuracy studies of facial image analysis techniques and facial recognition. These studies employ surface scanning, photogrammetry, anthropometry and clinical imaging.
References
- Wilkinson, CM (2004)
Forensic Facial Reconstruction.
Cambridge University Press. - Wilkinson, CM and Mautner, SA. (2003)
Measurement of eyeball protrusion and its application in facial reconstruction.
J For Sci 48 (1) 12-16 - Wilkinson, CM and Neave, RAH. (2003)
The reconstruction of faces showing healed wounds.
J Archaeological Science 30; 1343-1348 - Wilkinson, CM, Motwani, M and Chiang, E. (2003)
The relationship between the soft tissues and the skeletal detail of the mouth.
J For Sci. 48 (4) 1-5 - Wilkinson CM. (2002)
In vivo facial tissue depth measurements for White British children.
J. Forensic Sci 47 (3): 459-465 - Wilkinson, CM and Whittaker, DK (2002)
Juvenile forensic facial reconstruction – a detailed accuracy study.
Proceedings of the 10th Meeting of the International Association of Craniofacial Identification, Bari, Italy; 98-110