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Noninvasive in situ proton MRS in muscle tissue and bone marrow as a novel approach to identify previous freezing in a completely thawed cadaver.

Abstract：

:The temporary or permanent storage of human bodies in freezers following a homicide is a documented method for criminal disposal of human corpses. In these cases, the detection of characteristics which indicate that a thawed cadaver or body part was previously frozen provides crucial information for forensic casework. Previous histological and radiological approaches to detect characteristics of previous freezing are based on the formation of bubble-like gas patterns, which are difficult to distinguish from common postmortem gas formation in the course of decomposition. The objective of this study was to detect changes in the muscle tissue and in the bone marrow after freezing and thawing by means of in situ proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1 H-MRS) to provide a noninvasive approach to detect postfreezing alterations in human cadavers. In this experimental study, the hind legs of seven sheep were used as substitutes for human tissue. One hind leg underwent 1 H-MRS before and daily after storage in a deep freezer (-20°C) and complete thawing at room temperature (study group: n = 7). The opposite hind leg was kept at room temperature and was measured daily (control group: n = 7). Spectra and relaxation times were measured using single voxel measurements in the muscle tissue and in the bone marrow. 1 H-MRS revealed several changes in the muscle tissue and in the bone marrow after freezing and thawing. A strongly reduced peak area ratio (<20) between bulk methylene and olefinic and glycerol methine and a reduced T2 relaxation time for bulk methylene (<45 ms) measured in the bone marrow were found to be indicators that a sheep leg was previously frozen and thawed independent of the postmortem interval. Noninvasive in situ 1 H-MRS in the bone marrow potentially provides a new method for detecting previous freezing or extreme cooling in cadavers.

journal_name

NMR Biomed

journal_title

NMR in biomedicine

authors

Gascho D,Richter H,Karampinos DC,Heimer J,Schaerli S,Thali MJ,Zoelch N

doi

10.1002/nbm.4220

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-02-01 00:00:00

pages

e4220

issue

eissn

0952-3480

issn

1099-1492

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Noninvasive in situ proton MRS in muscle tissue and bone marrow as a novel approach to identify previous freezing in a completely thawed cadaver.