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ABFO # 2 Reference Scale

A right angle ruler designed by the ABFO that is used for patterned injury imagery. It includes three circles that are useful to determine distortion due to photography atdifferent angles. The ruler itself is manufactered by several different sources. The correct name is the ABFO #2 Reference Scale, but it is commonly known as the ABFO# 2 ruler.

Committee

Interdisciplinary

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update:2015 Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information. ANSI/National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2011. Source link