Detection of pretreated fingerprint fluorescence using an LED-based excitation system

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 823-827

  Takatsu, Masahisa ^a   Shimoda, Osamu ^a   Onishi, Kyoko ^b   Onishi, Akira ^c   Oguri, Naoki ^c  

^a Forensic Science Laboratory   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Prefectural Police Headquarters   (Japan)

^c Japan Analytical Industry Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanoacrylate ester rhodamine 6G; Fingerprint fluorescence; Forensic science; LEDs array excitation; Low pass filter; Ninhydrin indium chloride

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE; HALOGEN; INDIUM CHLORIDE; NINHYDRIN; POLYETHYLENE; RHODAMINE 6G; SILICON DIOXIDE; XENON;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER; COST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FLUORESCENCE; ILLUMINATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CYANOACRYLATES; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INDIUM; LIGHT; NINHYDRIN; PHOTOGRAPHY; RHODAMINES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 47349124789     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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