ReviewJournal of forensic sciences2018
Personal Identification of Deceased Persons: An Overview of the Current Methods Based on Physical Appearance.
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- Post-mortem to ante-mortem facial image comparison for deceased migrant identification.International journal of legal medicine · 2024Article
- Who are they? A retrospective study of unidentified bodies in Institute of Medical-Legal Paris from 2018 to 2023.Forensic sciences research · 2024Article
- Orofacial assessment as digital path for forensic and legal evidence record.Forensic sciences research · 2024Article
- Metric evaluation of the anterior nasal spine to estimate sex and population group in South African individuals.International journal of legal medicine · 2024Article
- Possible uses of Hunter-Schreger bands of dental enamel for automated personal identification.European journal of medical research · 2024Review
- Identification issues in bodies maimed by train fatalities: The role of the forensic pathologist.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2023Article
- A guide to classify tattoo motives in Mexico as a tool to identify unknown bodies.International journal of legal medicine · 2022Article
- The dental prosthesis (removable and fixed) from the Colecção de Esqueletos Identificados Século XXI (CEI/XXI).International journal of legal medicine · 2021Article
- Twenty-five years of unidentified bodies: an account from Milano, Italy.International journal of legal medicine · 2021Article
- Computerized delineation of the teeth and comparison with a smiling photograph: identification of a body skeletonized by cadaverous ichthyofauna action.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2021Article
- Explosion-related deaths: An overview on forensic evaluation and implications.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2021Review
- Human identification: a review of methods employed within an Australian coronial death investigation system.International journal of legal medicine · 2021Article
- Application of facial recognition technology on identification of the dead during large scale disasters.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2020Article
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Abstract
The use of the physical appearance of the deceased has become more important because the available antemortem information for comparisons may consist only of a physical description and photographs. Twenty-one articles dealing with the identification based on the physiognomic features of the human body were selected for review and were divided into four sections: (i) visual recognition, (ii) specific facial/body areas, (iii) biometrics, and (iv) dental superimposition. While opinions about the reliability of the visual recognition differ, the search showed that it has been used in mass disasters, even without testing its objectivity and reliability. Specific facial areas being explored for the identification of dead; however, their practical use is questioned, similarly to soft biometrics. The emerging dental superimposition seems to be the only standardized and successfully applied method for identification so far. More research is needed into a potential use of the individualizing features, considering that postmortem changes and technical difficulties may affect the identification.
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