ReviewForensic science, medicine, and pathology2007
The science behind the quest to determine the age of bruises-a review of the English language literature.
Review in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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24 citing papers in PubMed.
- Detection of Inflicted Bruises by Alternate Light: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of forensic sciences · 2020Trial
- Forensic bruise documentation with alternate light sources: Preliminary observation on deceased individuals in a routine illuminated autopsy setting.Journal of forensic sciences · 2026Article
- Age Prediction of Hematoma from Hyperspectral Images Using Convolutional Neural Networks.Journal of imaging · 2026Article
- A Case Series of Rare Long-Term Bruising Following Injection of Liquid-Form Polycaprolactone: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Insights.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2026Article
- Age prediction of hematoma using hyperspectral imaging (HSI).Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2025Article
- Survey of practices for documenting evidence of bruises from physical abuse during child protection proceedings.BMJ paediatrics open · 2023Article
- Pulsed Photothermal Radiometric Depth Profiling of Bruises by 532 nm and 1064 nm Lasers.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Noninvasive Monitoring of Dynamical Processes in Bruised Human Skin Using Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy and Pulsed Photothermal Radiometry.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Immediate and Delayed Effects of Cupping Therapy on Reducing Neuromuscular Fatigue.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021Article
- From unloading to trimming: studying bruising in individual slaughter cattle.Translational animal science · 2020Article
- Vitality and wound-age estimation in forensic pathology: review and future prospects.Forensic sciences research · 2020Review
- Histological Characteristics of Bruises with Different Age.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2017Article
- Validation of alternate light sources for detection of bruises in non-embalmed and embalmed cadavers.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2017Article
- Validation of ultraviolet, infrared, and narrow band light alternate light sources for detection of bruises in a pigskin model.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2016Article
- How useful are ultraviolet, infrared, and narrow band light sources for enhancing occult bruises in cases of assault?Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2016Article
- A novel, comprehensive, and reproducible porcine model for determining the timing of bruises in forensic pathology.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2016Article
- Bruises: is it a case of "the more we know, the less we understand?".Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2015Article
- Heme oxygenase-1 and heme oxygenase-2 expression in bruises.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2015Article
- Does the intensity of the inflammatory reaction in a bruise depend on its proximity to the site of trauma?Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2013Article
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of bruises: a pilot study.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2013Article
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Abstract
Bruises are common injuries that can have medicolegal significance. There are those that maintain it is not possible to estimate the age of bruises. However, appreciation of the biological processes related to the resolution of a bruise suggests that these may provide information regarding the age of a bruise. Potential methods for determining the age of bruises-visual observation, colorimetry, spectrophotometry and histology-are reviewed. The observation of yellow (not orange or brown) indicates a bruise is not recent, but the abilities of visual observation are limited by the physiology of the human eye. Analysis of spectrophotometric data may provide more useful and objective information. Histological examination may be appropriate only in the postmortem situation. The lack of published information limits this as a tool for estimating the age of bruises. It is not known how the wide range of factors that can influence bruise formation and resolution could affect estimation of bruise age.
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