Athena Sciences Launches Enhanced Latent Workstation for Cloud-Based Biometric Examinations
Fairmont, WV — Athena Sciences Corporation has released a powerful new upgrade to its Themis™ biometric software suite: a Latent Workstation purpose-built for preparing, enhancing, and managing latent print images. Designed in close consultation with forensic examiners, the new application brings expanded functionality to both pre- and post-match workflows, streamlining how latent images are processed within the AEGISABIS™ ecosystem.
The Latent Workstation provides examiners with a simple, web-based interface for managing casework from start to finish. Users can open a case, upload and segment images, apply enhancements, and encode prints with markup. Tools include panzoom, rotate, flip, region-of-interest markup, ridge line tracing, minutia tagging (bifurcations, ridge endings, cores, deltas), and detailed measurement capabilities.
Advanced enhancement features such as brightness, contrast, RGB/grayscale conversion, sharpness, dimness, gamma, denoise, and inversion allow examiners to refine image quality. GYRO color controls and full image property readouts are also included. Every enhancement and markup action is automatically recorded in the transaction log, ensuring a complete, auditable chain of custody for forensic review.
“The new Latent Workstation is more than just a toolset—it’s a workflow transformation,” said Dan McCaugherty, CEO of Athena Sciences. “By integrating seamlessly with our AEGISABIS™ system and aligning with the ACE-V methodology, it allows examiners to work smarter, faster, and with more precision than ever before.”
Fully cloud-ready and accessible from any HTML5 device, the application works hand-in-hand with Themis Case Manager and Examination Queues, helping agencies prioritize workloads and ensure consistency across teams. No additional hardware or peripherals are required.
Deployed to U.S. and foreign agencies since 2018, Themis has continued to evolve through ongoing collaboration with forensic experts. The new Latent Workstation completes Athena’s AEGISABIS™ ecosystem, which debuted in 2024, and remains fully vendor-agnostic, allowing agencies to switch matching algorithms without retraining users or reconfiguring their systems.
Athena Sciences brings over a decade of experience building scalable biometric systems for law enforcement, defense, intelligence, and border control missions. The company’s emphasis on open architecture, examiner feedback, and future-proof design ensures long-term value for clients operating in high-security environments.