3D Summer Souvenir Snapshots
Warm days have turned cool, kids are back at school, and summer vacations seemed like they happened so long ago. As fall begins, it’s nice to reminisce about the good…
Forensic Video Analysis: Distortions in Secondary Recordings
Sometimes the only video evidence available for a case is a secondary recording of the original video. “Secondhand” video evidence is a recording of a video playback on another device’s…
The (Not So) Mysterious Secrets of Metadata
Metadata, the mysterious “data about data.” But it doesn’t need to be so mysterious. And in forensics, metadata can be a helpful tool. The metadata of a file is a…
Biomechanical Injury Analysis
with 3D Model
Case Summary: A high school football player incurred a spinal cord injury at the C3-C4 level when he went headfirst into a defender during a tackle. The plaintiff claimed that…
Applying 3D Analysis to a Sport’s Injury
To better understand the cause of a sports injury, reverse projection photogrammetry analysis was used to establish the movements of two football players through space and time. Utilizing video footage…
Tire Marks and Post-Impact Trajectory
Laurence R. Penn, CVFT, Senior Forensic Animation/Video Specialist When analyzing surveillance video for accident reconstruction, all sorts of evidence can be captured in the recording – some of it easily…
