Forensic Digital Image Processing

Brian E. Dalrymple, CLPE began a career in identification in 1971 with the Ontario Provincial Police, Forensic Identification Services, Canada. In 1977 he co-developed the technique of evidence detection with argon lasers through inherent fluorescence and became the first in the world to operate a laser for evidence detection in criminal cases. The extensions of this technology are now in global use and have provided pivotal evidence in hundreds of major investigations. In 1991, as Associate Section Head, he introduced the first Computer Evidence System to Canada, and later became the first Canadian to tender expert evidence in this emerging technology. In 1992 he was promoted to Manager, Forensic Identification Services, a position he held until his retirement in 1999. He initiated and co-wrote the Body Examination Protocol for the Province of Ontario, regarding the examination of murder victims for fingerprints on skin. Brian Dalrymple has taught extensively in North America, China, the Middle East and Australia. He is the recipient of the John Dondero Award (1980, IAI), the Award of Merit (1980, Institute of Applied Science), the Foster Award (1982, the Canadian Identification Society) and the Lewis Minshall Award (1984, the Fingerprint Society, UK). Brian has been a contract instructor for the Ontario Police College for more than a decade, and provides forensic consulting for police agencies, attorneys and the corporate sector. With Ron Smith & Associates, he is a consultant and staff instructor working as part of a team forensic experts. He is an Adjunct Professor at Laurentian University in the Forensic Science Department. Jill Smith is an Imaging Specialist with the York Regional Police in Ontario Canada, working in forensic computer image analysis enhancement for fingerprints, footwear, bite marks, and other evidence. She keeps up on the latest technology and trains others in Adobe Photoshop techniques. Jill was a guest lecturer at the Ontario Police College for ten years and had co-taught fingerprint technique courses with Brian Dalrymple. She has been published in industry journal publications including several times in the IAI’s Journal of Forensic Identification.

1. History of Forensic Digital Enhancement 2. Establishing Integrity of Digital Images for Court 3. Color Modes and Channel Blending to Extract Detail 4. Multiple Image Techniques 5. Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) – Background Pattern Removal 6. Contrast Adjustment Techniques 7. The Approach – Developing Enhancement Strategies for Images Intended for Analysis 8. Digital Imaging in the Courts