An image-processing methodology for extracting bloodstain pattern features

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA) is the forensic discipline concerned with the evaluation and interpretation of bloodstain patterns found at crime scenes. The analysis of bloodstain patterns can provide investigators with useful information about the events that led up to a crime. BPA is conducted primarily through direct crime scene evaluation or careful analysis of photographs of the scene [1 –3]. Central to BPA is the classification process. Bloodstain pattern classification is the process of assigning a pattern to one or more categories based on the features of the pattern and their relationship with the blood shedding event(s) that gave rise to them.

Source: Forensic Science International - June 3, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Ravishka M. Arthur, Philomena J. Humburg, Jerry Hoogenboom, Martin Baiker, Michael C. Taylor, Karla G.de Bruin Source Type: research