Applying visible hyperspectral (chemical) imaging to estimate the age of bruises

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-232

  Payne, Gemma ^a   Langlois, Neil ^b   Lennard, Chris ^c   Roux, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Forensics   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTUSION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONTUSIONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SWINE;

EID: 34547611019     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.47.3.225     Document Type: Article

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