Frequently Asked Questions

SceneScope® Advance RUVIS is used for enhancing the observation and collection of evidence including latent prints on smooth non-porous surfaces, bites, bruises, blood detection with Bluestar®, and shoe impressions.

SceneScope® Advance RUVIS uses 254nm UV light, but the angle of incidence, the direction the light falls onto the surface, can be varied to find an angle that causes only the reflection and scatter.

RUVIS devices use 254nm UV light but they are not detecting fluorescence. Instead, the device looks for the reflections and scatter of the 254nm light off of the fingerprint ridges.

Print collection can be performed on surfaces such as plastic bags, sticky side of tape, glossy magazine, photographs, linoleum tile, compact disks, credit cards, etc.

Untreated sweaty prints show as white reflective ridges on a black background, while untreated oily prints appear as strong, black ridges on a shiny background.

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