Imaging electrostatic fingerprints with implications for a forensic timeline

Forensic Science International

Volumn 209, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages

  Watson, Philip ^a   Prance, Robert J ^a   Beardsmore Rust, Sam T ^a   Prance, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imaging; Latent fingerprint; Scanning probe microscopy; Sensors; Surface charge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC FIELD MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 79957591638     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.02.024     Document Type: Article

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