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Improving the technological readiness of time of Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry for enhancing fingermark recovery-towards operational deployment

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SCIENCE & JUSTICE
卷 63, 期 1, 页码 9-18

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DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2022.10.004

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This study compared the efficacy of ToF-SIMS and standard processes in fingermark recovery on various surfaces, and found that ToF-SIMS visualized more fingerprints and enhanced detail even when standard processes failed. The study also explored the use of simsMVA for multivariate analysis to simplify data analysis and image generation processes.
The processes routinely used by police forces to visualise fingermarks in casework may not provide sufficient ridge pattern quality to aid an investigation. Time of Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) has been proposed as a technique to enhance fingermark recovery. The technique is currently designated a Category C process in the Fingermark Visualisation Manual (FVM) as it shows potential for effective fingermark visualisation but has not yet been fully evaluated. Here the sensitivity of ToF-SIMS on three common exhibit-type surfaces -paper, polyethylene and stainless-steel was compared to standard processes. An adapted Home Office grading scale was used to evaluate the efficacy of fingerprint development by ToF-SIMS and to provide a framework for comparison with standard processes. ToF-SIMS was shown to visualise more fingerprints than the respective standard process, for all surfaces tested. In addition, ToF-SIMS was applied after the standard processes and successfully enhanced the fingerprint detail, even when the standard process failed to visualise ridge detail. This demonstrates the benefit for incorporating it into current operational fingermark development workflows. Multivariate analysis (MVA), using simsMVA, was additionally explored as a method to simplify the data analysis and image generation process.

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