Non-contact documentation of physical characteristics of ecstasy tablets, hemp coins, and imprint punches by using 3d optical surface scanning

Journal of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 191-198

  Naether, Silvio ^a,b   Buck, Ursula ^a,b   Bernhard, Werner ^a   Zingg, Christian ^b   Thali, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Canton Police Bern   (Switzerland)

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EID: 60849134309     PISSN: 00085030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00085030.2008.10757176     Document Type: Article

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