Forensics Underfoot: Shoeprint Evidence Gets the Google Treatment
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 17:14
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- A shoeprint etched in blood or dust can make a crucial difference in a criminal case, but it all depends on the ability of human examiners to identify a matching shoeprint pattern from thousands in their databases. It's a laborious, inefficient task.