Latent Fingerprints (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Latent Fingerprints

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Fingerprints left at a crime scene -- so-called latent prints -- are often partial, distorted and smudged.

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Credit: Chugh et al., Hancek/NIST

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