Mr Sean Healy
PhD student
School of Biomedical Sciences

Project: Craniofacial Superimposition: Can Machine Learning Improve Focus Distance Estimation from Real-world Facial Photographs
Publications
Journal Articles
Stephan, Carl N., Healy, Sean S., Byrd, John E. and Keyes, Veronica A. (2026). A complex military repatriation cold case assisted by craniofacial superimposition. Forensic Science International, 389 113151, 113151-113151. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2026.113151
Healy, Sean S. and Stephan, Carl N. (2026). Mean human corneal diameter and palpebral fissure lengths as scales for forensic analysis of photographed faces: an analytical review*. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 140 (3), 1529-1546. doi: 10.1007/s00414-026-03733-0
Healy, Sean S. and Stephan, Carl N. (2024). The critical photographic variables contributing to skull-face superimposition methods to assist forensic identification of skeletons: a review. Journal of Imaging, 10 (1) 17, 17. doi: 10.3390/jimaging10010017
Healy, Sean S. and Stephan, Carl N. (2023). Perspective distortion tolerances and skull-face registration in craniofacial superimposition: an analytical review. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 137 (6), 1767-1776. doi: 10.1007/s00414-023-03081-3
Healy, Sean S. and Stephan, Carl N. (2023). Focus distance estimation from photographed faces: a test of PerspectiveX using 1709 frontal and profile photographs from DSLR and smartphone cameras. International journal of legal medicineInternational Journal of Legal Medicine, 137 (6), 1907-1920. doi: 10.1007/s00414-023-03078-y
Stephan, Carl N., Healy, Sean, Bultitude, Hamish and Glen, Chris (2022). Craniofacial superimposition: a review of focus distance estimation methods and an extension to profile view photographs. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 136 (6), 1697-1716. doi: 10.1007/s00414-022-02871-5