SEM-based Analysis in Forensics - GSR and Beyond

Forensic evidence plays a key role in the modern justice system, often providing the key information on which complex criminal cases are decided. Finding the materials that form this evidence and determining if they are associated with a crime is a challenging process and often involves analysis at the micro or even nano scale.

In this webinar we will discuss how a broad range of forensic trace evidence analyses can be performed in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with analytical systems. This approach lends itself both to the maximised utilisation of this major investment, providing a range of potential revenue streams for forensics labs and to the education of forensic scientists in academic settings. We will discuss how the latest generation of EDS and EBSD detectors, in conjunction with dedicated processing algorithms and specifically written workflow-based software, provides forensic analysis solutions that are accurate, reliable and repeatable in addition to operating at high throughput rates.

You will learn:

The latest generation of EDS and EBSD hardware makes rapid, flexible forensic analysis possible
How the combination of a collection of EDS processing algorithms (TruQ) ensure that correct answers are obtained reliably and repeatably
How workflows can be optimised to the needs of the forensic analyst/individual forensics lab.
How a single SEM can be used for a variety of forensic analyses.

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