Campus Units
Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2-2019
Journal or Book Title
Data in Brief
Volume
22
First Page
269
Last Page
278
DOI
10.1016/j.dib.2018.11.075
Abstract
This is a data set of blood spatter patterns scanned at high resolution, generated in controlled experiments. The spatter patterns were generated with a rifle or a handgun with varying ammunition. The resulting atomized blood droplets travelled opposite to the bullet direction, generating a gunshot backspatter on a poster board target sheet. Fresh blood with anticoagulants was used; its hematocrit and temperature were measured. The main parameters of the study were the bullet shape, size and speed, and the distance between the blood source and target sheet. Several other parameters were explored in a less systematic way. This new and original data set is suitable for training or research purposes in the forensic discipline of bloodstain pattern analysis.
Creative Commons License
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Copyright Owner
The Authors
Copyright Date
2019
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Attinger, Daniel; Liu, Yu; Faflak, Ricky; Rao, Yanlin; Struttman, Bryce A.; De Brabanter, Kris; Comiskey, Patrick M.; and Yarin, Alexander L., "A data set of bloodstain patterns for teaching and research in bloodstain pattern analysis: Gunshot backspatters" (2019). CSAFE Publications. 9.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/csafe_pubs/9
Comments
This article is published as Attinger, Daniel, Yu Liu, Ricky Faflak, Yalin Rao, Bryce A. Struttman, Kris De Brabanter, Patrick M. Comiskey, and Alexander L. Yarin. "A data set of bloodstain patterns for teaching and research in bloodstain pattern analysis: Gunshot backspatters." Data in brief 22 (2019): 269-278.