Preliminary Observations on the Ability of Hyperspectral Imaging to Provide Detection and Visualization of Bloodstain Patterns on Black Fabrics

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1562-1569

  Schuler, Rebecca L ^a   Kish, Paul E ^b   Plese, Cara A ^a  

^a ChemImage Corporation   (United States)

^b Forensic Consultant and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodstain pattern analysis; Forensic science; Hyperspectral imaging; Near infrared; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD STAIN; COLOR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEXTILE;

BLOOD STAINS; COLOR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TEXTILES;

EID: 84868208739     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02171.x     Document Type: Article

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