Scanning electron microscopy in medico-legal investigations of hair.
The appearance of the hair surface as revealed by scanning electron microscopy is described. Intact human and animal hair, hair after shot and hair treated with thermic energy were the subject of investigation. The authors paid attention to numerous details of the pictures obtained due to high resolving power of scanning electron microscope.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006197:Hair / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods