ReviewLa Radiologia medica2015
Postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) and disaster victim identification.
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- The current state of forensic imaging - post mortem imaging.International journal of legal medicine · 2025Review
- Sex estimation using skull silhouette images from postmortem computed tomography by deep learning.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Piece by piece-a computer-aided method for virtual re-association of commingled fragmented remains.Forensic sciences research · 2024Article
- Gray-Scale Extraction of Bone Features from Chest Radiographs Based on Deep Learning Technique for Personal Identification and Classification in Forensic Medicine.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Connected to the cloud at time of death: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2024Article
- Automatic removal of soft tissue from 3D dental photo scans; an important step in automating future forensic odontology identification.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- A potential method for sex estimation of human skeletons using deep learning and three-dimensional surface scanning.International journal of legal medicine · 2021Article
- An algorithm for automatically generating gas, bone and foreign body visualizations from postmortem computed tomography data.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2021Article
- Forensic odontology identification response to terrorist attacks in Paris November 2015.Forensic sciences research · 2020Article
- Disaster victim identification operations with fragmented, burnt, or commingled remains: experience-based recommendations.Forensic sciences research · 2020Review
- State of the art in post-mortem computed tomography: a review of current literature.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2019Review
- Forensic odontology in DVI: current practice and recent advances.Forensic sciences research · 2019Review
- Back to the Future - Part 2. Post-mortem assessment and evolutionary role of the bio-medicolegal sciences.International journal of legal medicine · 2017Review
- Back to the Future - Part 1. The medico-legal autopsy from ancient civilization to the post-genomic era.International journal of legal medicine · 2017Review
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Abstract
Radiography has been used for identification since 1927, and established a role in mass fatality investigations in 1949. More recently, postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) has been used for disaster victim identification (DVI). PMCT offers several advantages compared with fluoroscopy, plain film and dental X-rays, including: speed, reducing the number of on-site personnel and imaging modalities required, making it potentially more efficient. However, there are limitations that inhibit the international adoption of PMCT into routine practice. One particular problem is that due to the fact that forensic radiology is a relatively new sub-speciality, there are no internationally established standards for image acquisition, image interpretation and archiving. This is reflected by the current INTERPOL DVI form, which does not contain a PMCT section. The DVI working group of the International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging supports the use of imaging in mass fatality response and has published positional statements in this area. This review will discuss forensic radiology, PMCT, and its role in disaster victim identification.
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