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Title: High-speed imaging of blood splatter patterns

Abstract

The interpretation of blood splatter patterns is an important element in reconstructing the events and circumstances of an accident or crime scene. Unfortunately, the interpretation of patterns and stains formed by blood droplets is not necessarily intuitive and study and analysis are required to arrive at a correct conclusion. A very useful tool in the study of blood splatter patterns is high-speed photography. Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Department of Energy (DOE), and Bureau of Forensic Services, State of California, have assembled a high-speed imaging system designed to image blood splatter patterns. The camera employs technology developed by Los Alamos for the underground nuclear testing program and has also been used in a military mine detection program. The camera uses a solid-state CCD sensor operating at approximately 650 frames per second (75 MPixels per second) with a microchannel plate image intensifier that can provide shuttering as short as 5 ns. The images are captured with a laboratory high-speed digitizer and transferred to an IBM compatible PC for display and hard copy output for analysis. The imaging system is described in this paper.

Authors:
; ; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
  2. California Dept. of Justice, Sacramento, CA (United States). Bureau of Forensic Services
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOD; Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6532224
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-93-1523; CONF-9306163-1
ON: DE93012739
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Items 93: an imaging technology conference and exposition, Washington, DC (United States), 6-10 Jun 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; BLOOD; PATTERN RECOGNITION; CAMERAS; COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS; CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES; CRIME DETECTION; DIGITIZERS; IMAGES; INVESTIGATIONS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; ULTRAHIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTERS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIGITAL COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; MATERIALS; MICROCOMPUTERS; ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PULSE CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SIGNAL CONDITIONERS; 440800* - Miscellaneous Instrumentation- (1990-)

Citation Formats

McDonald, T E, Albright, K A, King, N S.P., Yates, G J, and Levine, G F. High-speed imaging of blood splatter patterns. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
McDonald, T E, Albright, K A, King, N S.P., Yates, G J, & Levine, G F. High-speed imaging of blood splatter patterns. United States.
McDonald, T E, Albright, K A, King, N S.P., Yates, G J, and Levine, G F. 1993. "High-speed imaging of blood splatter patterns". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6532224.
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title = {High-speed imaging of blood splatter patterns},
author = {McDonald, T E and Albright, K A and King, N S.P. and Yates, G J and Levine, G F},
abstractNote = {The interpretation of blood splatter patterns is an important element in reconstructing the events and circumstances of an accident or crime scene. Unfortunately, the interpretation of patterns and stains formed by blood droplets is not necessarily intuitive and study and analysis are required to arrive at a correct conclusion. A very useful tool in the study of blood splatter patterns is high-speed photography. Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Department of Energy (DOE), and Bureau of Forensic Services, State of California, have assembled a high-speed imaging system designed to image blood splatter patterns. The camera employs technology developed by Los Alamos for the underground nuclear testing program and has also been used in a military mine detection program. The camera uses a solid-state CCD sensor operating at approximately 650 frames per second (75 MPixels per second) with a microchannel plate image intensifier that can provide shuttering as short as 5 ns. The images are captured with a laboratory high-speed digitizer and transferred to an IBM compatible PC for display and hard copy output for analysis. The imaging system is described in this paper.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6532224}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993}
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