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BulletTRAX-3D HD

Definition

The bullet-surface acquisition and database search module of the IBIS system. Captures land impression topography from fired bullets for correlation against database records.

Related terms

BrassTRAX-3D HD
The cartridge-case acquisition and database search module of the IBIS system. Captures firing-pin impression, breech-face, and ejector mark topography for correlation against...
Correlation Report
The output of an automated NIBIN or IBIS database search above the review threshold. An investigative lead document, not a court exhibit....
EBIS
European Ballistic Information Service. Distributed ENFSI network of national IBIS nodes allowing cross-border cartridge case and bullet correlation searches between European forensic...
Evofinder
A competing ballistic identification system by Evofinder Ltd. (UK) using a different optical acquisition method and algorithm to IBIS. Deployed in jurisdictions...
IBIN
INTERPOL Ballistic Information Network. The global-tier ballistic comparison system at INTERPOL Lyon, accepting submissions from over 60 countries for transnational firearms trafficking...
IBIS TRAX-3D HD
Forensic Technology's Integrated Ballistic Identification System, third-generation hardware with high-definition optical scanning. Produces topographic maps of bullet and cartridge case surfaces for...
NABIS
National Ballistics Intelligence Service; the UK police intelligence service that maintains a national headstamp and firearm reference collection and coordinates ballistic intelligence...
NIBIN
National Integrated Ballistic Information Network. ATF-operated distributed network of IBIS acquisition sites and correlation servers across the United States, active since 1999...
NIBIN Hit
A correlation result above the review threshold in the NIBIN database. A hit generates a Correlation Report (investigative lead); a subsequent human-examiner...

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