Bone comparison identification method based on chest computed tomography imaging

It is well known that fingerprints, dental impressions, and DNA are useful for forensic identification. Radiographs and computed tomography (CT) imaging have often been used for personal identification [1 –4] and estimation of sex and stature [5–7], particularly in the absence of other comparative samples. There is a report of victim identification performed in the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on March 11, 2011 by using dental records (including dental radiographs) [8]. These identific ation methods are called “positive identification”, which need to compare between the ante-mortem (AM) and post-mortem (PM) samples.

Source: Legal Medicine - August 29, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Yusuke Matsunobu, Junji Morishita, Yosuke Usumoto, Miki Okumura, Noriaki Ikeda Source Type: research