RHEM LabsInstruct an expert KNOWLEDGE FROM PRACTICE
Practice notes for legal practitioners, research notes, publications and updates from the laboratory.
The absence of a universal, infallible detector does not mean image origin is beyond scientific examination. Forensic science works by measuring evidence and defining the limits of an inference.
AIPIO Intelligence 2026 sharpened a question for RHEM Labs: can forensic information about image origin reach analysts early enough to inform a decision?
Why recording an event, identifying its cause and attributing it to a person are separate forensic questions.
Begin with a forensic question or use the practitioner resources. Each collection below links to its complete archive.
A practical starting point for solicitors assessing the link between a technical finding and the inference advanced in a matter.
Indicators that a focused forensic review may resolve a material uncertainty before a larger examination is commissioned.
Define the disputed inference, required opinion, available material and deadline before the examination begins.
The current stage of Sensor Pattern Origin Testing and the role of operational users, technical partners and independent evaluators.
AIPIO Intelligence 2026 sharpened a question for RHEM Labs: can forensic information about image origin reach analysts early enough to inform a decision?
ADSTAR changed how RHEM Labs understands the path from a working forensic method to useful capability: mission need, problem ownership, experimentation and operational learning.
The 2026 Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences supplement includes laboratory work on digital traces, synthetic media and 3D-printed firearm investigations.
A publication examining digital traces and their admissibility as evidence in court.
A practitioner-focused publication on the forensic investigation of clandestine 3D-printed firearm laboratories.
Experimental research evaluating image-origin characteristics in camera and DALL·E-generated images.