Validation of morphological ear classification devised by principal component analysis using three-dimensional images for human identification

Hitoshi Biwasaka, Akihito Usui, Masataka Takamiya, Nikolaos Angelakopoulos, Roberto Cameriere and Akiko Kumagai

PLOS ONE, 2024, vol. 19, issue 10, 1-19

Abstract: This study attempts to classify ear morphology for human identification in forensic investigations by distinguishing between the upper auricle and lobule areas. A three-dimensional homologous model of the ear was created using 414 ear images of males aged 17–93 years reconstructed from computed tomography scans of forensic autopsy cases. Morphological changes were visualized using principal component analysis and areas of significant individual differences within the entire ear were identified. The classification criterion images for the upper auricle (ten images) and lobule (12 images) were developed by combining multiple principal component values: components 1–5 for the upper auricle and 1–6 for the lobule. Three-dimensional ear images of the upper auricle and lobule areas from 414 subjects were categorized using a measurement method based on the minimum distance between 5,507 corresponding points. The results indicate the applicability of the criterion images for the morphological classification of ears in this study.

Date: 2024
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