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                            Funding & Awards
 Rapid Visualization of Biological Fluids at Crime Scenes using Optical Spectroscopy
Award Information
Awardee
              University of South Carolina Reserch Foundation
Award #
              2007-DN-BX-K199
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Columbia, SC
Awardee County
              Richland County
Congressional District
              6
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2007
Total funding (to date)
              $382,394
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 07 Research and Development on Crime Scene Tools, Techniques and Technologies: Invited Full Proposals
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2007, $382,394)
This project will develop a rapid and nondestructive tool for visualization of blood and semen at crime scenes. A prototype portable camera will be designed using mid-infrared (IR) spectroscopy and a novel detector sensitized to locate biological fluids including blood and semen on common surfaces. The imaging device will use a modified thermal array detector with a spectral response primarily determined by the absorbance of a polymer film, turning the detector into a spectral correlator. This will be achieved by modifying the detector with a metal mirror followed by the polymer film so that the film absorbances are responsible for most thermal conversion. By using polymers that mimic the spectral signatures of biological fluids of interest (blood, semen, saliva, and urine), the location of deposits of these fluids can be detected even in the presence of potential interferents that might be expected at crime scenes.
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                      NIJ and University of South Florida: Creating an International Databank of Skeletal Biomarkers for Human Identification
                  NIJ, UC Berkeley, and IntegenX-Bringing Short Tandem Repeat (STR) DNA Identification to Law Enforcement
                  Rapid Visualization of Biological Fluids at Crime Scenes Using Optical Spectroscopy
                  Coating Effects on Mid-Infrared Reflection Spectra of Fabrics
                  The Kubelka-Munk Diffuse Reflectance Formula Revisited
                  Multimode Imaging in the Thermal Infrared for Chemical Contrast Enhancement. Part 1: Methodology
                  Multimode Imaging in the Thermal Infrared for Chemical Contrast Enhancement. Part 2: Simulation Driven Design
                  Multimode Imaging in the Thermal Infrared for Chemical Contrast Enhancement. Part 3: Visualizing Blood on Fabrics
                  A Study of Electric Field Standing Waves on Reflection Microspectroscopy of Polystyrene Particles

  
Date Created: September 6, 2007
    
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