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Tattoo Recognition Technology - Best Practices

Tatt-BP provides best practice recommendations and guidelines for the proper collection of tattoo images to support image-based tattoo recognition.  Based on the outcomes of the Tattoo Recognition Technology – Challenge (Tatt-C), tattoo recognition algorithm accuracy is often influenced by the consistency and quality of the tattoo images.

Included in the Tatt-BP publication package are 1) a poster 2) a final report, and 3) a collection of instructional slides.

The Tatt-BP materials may be printed and distributed.


Tattoo Links

Tattoo Homepage
Tattoo Evaluation (Tatt-E)
Tattoo Challenge (Tatt-C)

Created February 2, 2016, Updated September 8, 2025
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