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MSU Uses Tattoo Technology to ID Criminals and Victims
January 22, 2010
Michigan State University has licensed unique tattoo matching technology so that corrections and law enforcement officials will now have the capability to search tattoo image databases to help identify suspects, criminals and victims.
The technology uses features such as tattoo color, shape and texture to compute the similarity between images and was developed by Anil K. Jain, University Distinguished Professor of computer science and engineering at MSU.