Business sites listed on this page were chosen primarily because of specific equipment we have installed in our lab. This is NOT an endorsement for these companies over others providing similar services or products though I have provided critical reviews of a personal nature for some of the equipment. Such reviews are my own opinion. Several people have commented that they find it strange that I have such an interest in digital imaging.
Most forensic sciences deal with visual data of one type or another.
My own discipline, in particular, involves analyses of tangible materials and these analyses make use of a wide variety of imaging methods. We also make extensive use of imaging with UV and NIR illumination, as well as filtering throughout the visible and NIR ranges. In the end, all of these techniques and methods are essentially forms of visual imaging which can benefit from digital imaging alternatives. Traditional photographic methods have been used by document examiners since the earliest days of our profession. In one sense, digital or electronic imaging can be seen as a simple and unavoidable evolution.