Difference between revisions of "Examination"
From Glossary of Forensic Document Examination & Pattern Recognition
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;Microscopic examination: Any study or examination made with the microscope in order to discover minute physical details. | ;Microscopic examination: Any study or examination made with the microscope in order to discover minute physical details. | ||
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Revision as of 11:10, 12 December 2012
The examination is the act of making a close and crucial study of any material, and with questioned documents is the process necessary to discover the facts about them. Various types of examination are undertaken including microscopic, visual, photographic, chemical, ultraviolet and infrared document examinations.
- Microscopic examination
- Any study or examination made with the microscope in order to discover minute physical details.
- Oblique light examination
- Any examination with the illumination so controlled that it grazes or strikes the surface of the document from one side at a very low angle; also referred to as side light examination.
