Time-resolved fluorescence microscopy of gunshot residue: An application to forensic science

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-25

  Bird, Damian K ^a   Agg, Kent M ^b   Barnett, Neil W ^b   Smith, Trevor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence microscopy; Forensic science; Time resolved imaging

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FORENSIC ENGINEERING; FORENSIC SCIENCE;

ANALYTICAL TOOL; GUNSHOT RESIDUE; SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; TIME RESOLVED IMAGING; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

GUNPOWDER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRIME; FIREARM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33947416078     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01752.x     Document Type: Article

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