Citation

Thompson RM. Proc. SPIE 1999; 3576: 94-103.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, International Society for Optical Engineering)

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Abstract

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) laboratories are applying the new technology of computerized image analysis for the identification of bullets and cartridge casings recovered in open cases, and to a database of test fired weapons. The Integrated Ballistic Identification System (IBIS) accomplishes these comparisons in minutes. The networking of remote Data Acquisition Stations (DAS) can build a regional firearms evidence databases, making the IBIS a powerful resource for the investigation of violent firearm crimes from multiple jurisdictions.