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Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry(ICP-MS)ICP-MS detects metalsand severalnon-metalsat extremely low concentrationsIt is used in toxicology to identify metal-based poisons

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Video Spectral Comparator 2000It allows the examiner to examine the document through infrared illumination using an infrared sensitive CCD camera as a detector This is very useful in ink differentiation, which could prove a suspect innocent or guilty with its reading

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Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)It uses digital imaging technology to obtain, store, and analyze fingerprint data through a process called plain-impression live scanningIt is useful in storing and matching fingerprints, which helps forensic scientists match criminals to cases

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Alternative Light PhotographyIt uses blue light and orange filters to clearly show bruising below the skins surfaceIt is important in cases of domestic or sexual abuse where bruising might occur underneath the skins surface

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High-Speed Ballistics PhotographyIt uses short-duration light sources or high-speed shutters to record rapidly moving objects with minimal image blurIt is used to reveal detailed pictorial information about discrete stages in an objects (such as a bullet, a glass fracture, an implosion, etc...) movements

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