Fourier transform infrared reflectance spectra of latent fingerprints: A biometric gauge for the age of an individual

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 369-376

  Hemmila, April ^a   McGill, Jim ^b   Ritter, David ^b  

^a Southeast Missouri Hospital   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age determination; Biometrics; Chemical composition; Fingerprints; Forensic science; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Least squares analysis; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BIOMETRY; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOGLYPHICS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 41149114195     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00649.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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