Biomedical Science Letters (대한의생명과학회지)

The Korean Society for Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (대한의생명과학회)
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An Innovative Fingerprinting Procedure for Human Identification

  • Kim, Young-Sam (Section of Crime Scene Investigation, Gyeonggi Provincial Police 2nd Agency) ;
  • Yoon, Kwang-Sang (Crime Scene Investigation Team, Goyang Police Station) ;
  • Eom, Yong-Bin (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Korea Nazarene University) ;
  • Seo, Joong-Seok (Division of Forensic Medicine, National Institute of Scientific Investigation) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Bae (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University)
  • Published : 2009.09.30
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Abstract

Fingerprinting is a frontier technique that is the most frequently applied for human identification throughout the world. All citizens over 17 year old living in the Republic of Korea must be fingerprinted to obtain a certificate of resident registration. In Korea, for this reason, human identification through fingerprints has been far better developed and used efficiently both in crime scene investigation and in confirmation of an unidentified body. Scientific approaches have been made to accurately extract the metamorphosed fingerprints in various environments. Because most of the studies on fingerprinting have been accomplished with biometric techniques, researches on restoration of human dermal tissue and taking custody data after collecting fingerprints have been comparatively undermined. In this study, a newly innovative method for fingerprint extraction was developed using the polyester film with print powders and the high temperature-moisturizing method. Compared to the conventional fingerprinting method of paper with ink, minutiae numbers of fingerprints were greatly increased in polyester film with print powders after restoration of fingertips by high temperature-moisturization. This newly developed procedure would be an efficient fingerprinting technique which could be utilized in scientific investigation and in personal identification in the future. Furthermore, the new method for restoration and extraction of fingerprints are easy and inexpensive to practice for a number of human identification.

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