abstract：:Diffeomorphic shape registration allows for the seamless geometric alignment of shapes. In this study, we demonstrated the use of a registration algorithm to automatically seed anthropological landmarks on the CT images of the pelvis. We found a high correlation between manually and automatically seeded landmarks. The...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Kuchař M,Henyš P,Rejtar P,Hájek P

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Current analysis of forensic DNA stains relies on the probabilistic interpretation of bulk-processed samples that represent mixed profiles consisting of an unknown number of potentially partial representations of each contributor. Single-cell methods, in contrast, offer a solution to the forensic DNA mixture problem b...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Sheth N,Swaminathan H,Gonzalez AJ,Duffy KR,Grgicak CM

更新日期：2021-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In sauna-associated deaths, the vitality of heat exposure is of great importance. Two case reports address this. First, we present the case of a 77-year-old man who was found dead in the sauna of his family home. When found, the sauna door was closed, and the sauna indicated a temperature of 78 °C. The body had alread...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Wegner A,Doberentz E,Madea B

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite being a common form of abuse, there is a paucity of literature describing shackling and wrist restraint injuries among survivors of torture. Forensic evaluation of alleged wrist restraint/handcuff injuries in survivors of torture presents challenges to the evaluator, especially if the injuries are remote and d...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Neufeld MY,Kimball S,Stein AB,Crosby SS

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A publically available database of the most highly cited scientists in all disciplines was used to identify people that belonged to the subject category "forensic science and legal medicine." This bibliometric information was derived from Elsevier's SCOPUS database containing eight million scientists with at least fiv...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Jones AW

更新日期：2021-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Falls over railings are frequent case scenarios forensic experts are confronted with. An important issue is the differentiation of accidental and non-accidental falling scenarios. From a biomechanical point of view, this is a challenging task and should be addressed in a multifactorial approach. This work presents a s...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Muggenthaler H,Hubig M,Meierhofer A,Mall G

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isopropyl alcohol, or propan-2-ol (IPA), is found in numerous chemicals including alcohol-based hand rubs whose use has been recently widely extended to the general population since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This widespread of IPA use could potentially, but not necessarily, be responsible for an increase in ...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Dumollard C,Wiart JF,Hakim F,Demarly C,Morbidelli P,Allorge D,Gaulier JM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is commonly accepted that crime scene recovery and recording are key moments of any judicial inspection in which investigators must decide on the correct strategies to put into place. Complex outdoor scenarios, presenting partially or entirely skeletonised remains, can benefit more than others by the intervention o...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Caccianiga M,Caccia G,Mazzarelli D,Salsarola D,Poppa P,Gaudio D,Cappella A,Franceschetti L,Tambuzzi S,Maggioni L,Cattaneo C

更新日期：2020-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In this casuistry, two accidents from Germany and Switzerland are presented that happened during the shot of recoilless anti-tank weapons. In both cases, the injuries led to the death of two soldiers: A 22-year-old soldier in Germany was struck by the counter mass of a so-called Davis gun which had been fired by a com...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Jellinghaus K,Scherer C,Stauffer E,Urban P,Bohnert M,Kneubuehl BP

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report of a 25-year-old man who committed suicide by intravenous injection himself of an aqueous home-made castor bean extract is presented. The patient was hospitalized and treated symptomatically and was released at its own request fourth day after intoxication. The next day, the patient's condition deteriora...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Staňková M,Handlos P,Švidrnoch M,Maier V

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(-)-Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol ((-)-Δ-9-THC) is the main psychoactive constituent in cannabis. During phase I metabolism, it is metabolized to (-)-11-hydroxy-Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol ((-)-11-OH-Δ-9-THC), which is psychoactive, and to (-)-11-nor-9-carboxy-Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol ((-)-Δ-9-THC-COOH), which is psychoinacti...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Hassenberg C,Clausen F,Hoffmann G,Studer A,Schürenkamp J

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The name of an author was misspelled. The correct spelling is "Linlin Gao" instead of Linin Gao. ...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Liu Z,Gao L,Zhang J,Fan Q,Chen M,Cheng F,Li W,Shi L,Zhang X,Zhang J,Zhang G,Yan J

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In kinship analysis, large data sets with estimated haplotype frequencies for marker clusters are very important for the likelihood calculation. Practical use of the X-STRs demonstrated that in some complex kinship cases, the marker set of the Investigator Argus X-12 kit can be insufficient. This study aimed to extend...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Hering S,Klimova A,Edelmann J

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic diversity indices and forensic parameters at 20 autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) loci were evaluated in 233 unrelated individuals of Himachal Pradesh, India. In total, 255 alleles were observed with an average of 11.25 ± 0.88 alleles per locus. None of the loci deviated from Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium. The ...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Sahajpal V,Singh A,Thakur M,Sharma A,Bhandari D,Sharma LK,Chandra K,Kumar S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the forensic anthropology practice, bone diseases are rarely considered for personal identification. In this paper, we present a forensic skeletonized case with tuberculous bone lesions, for which bone pathology may provide an indicator for positive personal identification. Antemortem hospital records were availabl...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Martrille L,De Angelis D,Blum A,Gauchotte G,Cattaneo C,Biehler-Gomez L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontal sinuses are of special interest for personal identification thanks to their high variability. A common procedure for comparing ante-mortem and post-mortem material is based on coding systems classifying frontal sinuses according to their morphological and metrical characteristics. However, the calculation of p...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Gibelli D,Cellina M,Gibelli S,Oliva AG,Termine G,Sforza C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of body fluids is of utmost importance in forensic casework since many biological fluids contain DNA. The ATR FT-IR spectroscopy is an emerging approach for the confirmatory, rapid, facile, non-destructive, and on-site identification and differentiation of body fluid stains. Notwithstanding the ATR FT-IR ...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Sharma S,Singh R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of drowning is one of the most difficult in forensic medicine. Forensic diatomology has been proposed to be useful in solving the diagnosis of drowning and considered to be a reliable indicator of the site of drowning. The Yangtze River and Jialing River are the main rivers in the Chongqing area (China),...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Zhang L,Nie Q,Dai Y,Zhu S,Wang J,Wang W,Tan X,Zhang P,Li J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is difficult to carry out toxicological investigations in biological samples collected from extensively decomposed bodies and to interpret obtained results as several pitfalls should be considered: redistribution phenomena, degradation of xenobiotics during the postmortem period, contamination by putrefaction fluid...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Wiart JF,Hakim F,Andry A,Eiden C,Drevin G,Lelièvre B,Rougé-Maillart C,Decourcelle M,Lemaire-Hurtel AS,Allorge D,Gaulier JM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic diversity indices and forensic parameters at 20 autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) loci were evaluated in 541 unrelated individuals of north-western Indian state Rajasthan. In total, 243 alleles were observed with an average of 12.15 alleles per locus. The most polymorphic and discriminative locus was Penta E...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Kumar R,Kumar A,Kumawat RK,Tilawat AK

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid identification of human remains following mass casualty events is essential to bring closure to family members and friends of the victims. Unfortunately, disaster victim identification, missing persons identification, and forensic casework analysis are often complicated by sample degradation due to exposure to h...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Turingan RS,Brown J,Kaplun L,Smith J,Watson J,Boyd DA,Steadman DW,Selden RF

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polyvinyl alcohol method (PVAL) is known as an effective technique to thoroughly collect traces of gunshot residue (GSR) from different surfaces, e.g., from hands or gunshot wounds. Despite obvious advantages over other methods using adhesive tapes, PVAL is still not widely accepted and applied in routine case wor...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Lux C,Taube L,Verhoff MA,Kurscheid S,Zöller-Huse G,Welkerling S,Schumacher R,Neimke D,Kettner M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uniparental disomy (UPD) has attracted more attention recently in paternity testing, though it is an infrequent genetic event. Although short tandem repeat (STR) profiling has been widely used in paternity testing, it is not sufficient to use STR only to judge the genetic relationship, because the existence of UPD wil...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Su H,Sun T,Chen M,Liu J,Wang X,Chen Y,Ren W,Zhang G,Yan J,Yun K

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We immunohistochemically examined the intrathrombotic dynamics of autophagy during thrombogenesis using murine deep vein thrombosis (DVT) models. To perform the immunohistochemical analyses, we used anti-LC3 antibody and anti-p62 antibody for detecting the intrathrombotic autophagic functions. We estimated dynamics of...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Nosaka M,Ishida Y,Kuninaka Y,Taruya A,Kimura A,Shimada E,Yamamoto H,Michiue T,Furukawa F,Kondo T

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the genetic variation and forensic efficiency of 19 X-STR loci in the Zhuang and Mulao minorities, we calculated allele frequencies, forensic parameters, and haplotype frequencies of 405 Zhuang and 234 Mulao unrelated healthy individuals from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Furthermore, we an...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Xiao C,Li S,Zhang X,Yang X,Liu C,Chen L

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) can essentially contribute to innate and adaptive immune system in various organs. A double-color immunofluorescence analysis was carried out with anti-CD11c and -HLA-DRα antibodies to detect DCs in 53 skin wounds (their postinfliction intervals: group I, 0-3 days; group II, 4-7 days; group III, ...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Kuninaka Y,Ishida Y,Nosaka M,Shimada E,Kimura A,Ozaki M,Hata S,Michiue T,Yamamoto H,Furukawa F,Eisenmenger W,Kondo T

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of skull fractures is an important topic in legal medicine. In particular, the influence of boundary conditions is controversially discussed in the literature. A study focusing solely on this aspect was missing. This study aimed to investigate the influence of boundary conditions on the energy threshold ...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Siegenthaler L,Strehl M,Vaghi A,Zysset P,Kneubuehl BP,Frenz M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of ischaemia-related sudden cardiac death in the absence of microscopic and macroscopic ischaemic lesions remains a challenge for medical examiners. Medical imaging techniques increasingly provide support in post-mortem examinations by detecting and documenting internal findings prior to autopsy. Previous st...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Webb B,Manninger M,Leoni M,Widek T,Dobrovnik M,Scherr D,Stollberger R,Schwark T

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade, increasing knowledge of epigenetics has led to the development of DNA methylation-based models to predict age, which have shown high predictive accuracy. However, despite the value of teeth as forensic samples, few studies have focused on this source of DNA. This study used bisulfite pyrosequencing...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Márquez-Ruiz AB,González-Herrera L,Luna JD,Valenzuela A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elucidate postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) and postmortem magnetic resonance (PMMR) imaging findings suggesting massive fat embolism. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Consecutive forensic cases with PMCT and PMMR scans of subjects prior to autopsy were assessed. For PMCT, 16- or 64-row multidetector CT scans we...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Makino Y,Kojima M,Yoshida M,Motomura A,Inokuchi G,Chiba F,Torimitsu S,Hoshioka Y,Yamaguchi R,Saito N,Urabe S,Tsuneya S,Horikoshi T,Yajima D,Iwase H

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of postmortem computed tomography (PMCT), postmortem magnetic resonance imaging (PMMR) and PMCT angiography (PMCTA) compared with autopsy in cases of adult death investigations. METHODS:For this systematic review and meta-analysis, Embase, PubMed, Scopus...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Ampanozi G,Halbheer D,Ebert LC,Thali MJ,Held U

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatal head trauma (FHT) represents one of the most frequent causes of death diagnosed in forensic pathology. However, profound statistic autopsy data on FHT is still sparse. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the circumstances and injury patterns of FHT with particular focus on age and sex, and ad...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Kronsbein K,Karger B,Budczies J,Pfeiffer H,Wittschieber D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The determination of age of majority (the 18-year-old threshold) using the popular Demirjian tooth staging method is unreliable, so other maturity markers are required. This study examines whether the Root Pulp Visibility (RPV) of the mandibular third molar is a useful indicator of age. METHODS:One thousa...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Al Qattan F,Alzoubi EE,Lucas V,Roberts G,McDonald F,Camilleri S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age estimation in living individuals around the age of 18 years remains a difficult challenge. In this study, the anterior inferior vertebral ring apophysis development of cervical vertebrae C2, C3, and C4 of 496 white and 478 black South African individuals aged between 15 and 22 years was assessed from cephalometric...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Uys A,Bernitz H,Pretorius S,Steyn M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphorus insecticides, such as parathion-ethyl, quinalphos, chlorpyrifos, chlorfenvinphos or diazinon, are still widely used for pest control on crops. These compounds are extremely toxic to humans, and, even though specific legislation exists that controls the use of these substances, the frequency of toxic a...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Soares S,Rosado T,Barroso M,Vieira DN,Gallardo E

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of the radiographic visibility of root pulp in mandibular third molars has been suggested as an alternative method for estimation of legal age threshold in living individuals when the root apices are mature. Here, we assessed the accuracy of this method for age thresholds of 18 and 21 years. A sample of 463...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Akkaya N,Yılancı HÖ,Boyacıoğlu H,Göksülük D,Özkan G

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of exposure or concealment of a cadaver is known to have an important impact on insect colonisation and decomposition but has been the subject of few investigations. In the present study, 30 pig carcasses were stored in three different types of containers (suitcases, trashcans and drums) with different level...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Lutz L,Moreau G,Czuprynski S,Bernhardt V,Amendt J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological samples, including skeletal remains exposed to environmental insults for extended periods of time, exhibit increasing levels of DNA damage and fragmentation. Human forensic identification methods typically use a combination of mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequencing and short tandem repeat (STR) analysis, which t...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Zavala EI,Rajagopal S,Perry GH,Kruzic I,Bašić Ž,Parsons TJ,Holland MM

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Projectile impact in sandwich bones typically results in formation of conoidal wounds exhibiting a larger region of damage on the inner cortical plate termed the bevel. To date, a number of hypotheses have been put forward to explain the formation of this wound type. The plug and spall hypothesis suggests that the con...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Rickman JM,Shackel J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic data from 21 autosomal insertion-null (INNULs) markers found in the InnoTyper® 21 Human DNA Analysis (InnoGenomics®) was evaluated in 190 unrelated individuals from Andalusia. Allele frequencies and forensic parameters were estimated for the 20 INNULs. All loci were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in the study p...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Saiz M,Gutierrez-Carvajal A,Galvez X,Lorente JA,Alvarez JC

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00