Automated mapping of explosives particles in composition C-4 fingerprints

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 334-340

  Verkouteren, Jennifer R ^a   Coleman, Jessica L ^a   Cho, Inho ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Transportation Security Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated imaging; Explosives; Fingerprints; Forensic science; Particle counting; Polarized light microscopy; Trace detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649258956     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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