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Research progress in the estimation of the postmortem interval by Chinese forensic scholars.
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- Applications of Raman spectroscopy in the post-mortem interval estimation: a systematic literature review.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Pooled it
- From microbial data to forensic insights: systematic review of machine learning models for PMI estimation.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2025Pooled it
- Thanatochemistry and the role of hypoxanthine in the post-mortem interval estimation: a systematic literature review.International journal of legal medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The Role of DNA Degradation in the Estimation of Post-Mortem Interval: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Pooled it
- FTIR Spectroscopy of Vitreous Humor for Postmortem Interval Estimation: A Multivariate Regression Approach.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Estimation of postmortem interval under different ambient temperatures based on multi-organ metabolomics and machine learning algorithm.International journal of legal medicine · 2025Article
- Current Understanding and Future Research Direction for Estimating the Postmortem Interval: A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- UPLC/Q-TOF MS-based femoral muscle metabolomic analysis under high-temperature: a proof of concept for postmortem interval estimation.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Muscle Proteins for Estimating the Post-Mortem Interval in Veterinary Forensic Pathology.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: a universal analytical technique with promising applications in forensic analyses.International journal of legal medicine · 2022Review
- Ultrasound shear-wave elastography applicability in estimation of post-mortem time.Ultrasound (Leeds, England) · 2022Article
- Screening criteria of mRNA indicators for wound age estimation.Forensic sciences research · 2022Article
- Cell survival and DNA damage repair are promoted in the human blood thanatotranscriptome shortly after death.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- MicroRNAs as Useful Tools to Estimate Time Since Death. A Systematic Review of Current Literature.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- MicroRNAs: An Update of Applications in Forensic Science.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Postmortem Protein Degradation as a Tool to Estimate the PMI: A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Evaluating the effects of causes of death on postmortem interval estimation by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy.International journal of legal medicine · 2020Article
- Estimation of the age of human semen stains by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: a preliminary study.Forensic sciences research · 2020Article
- An investigation on annular cartilage samples for post-mortem interval estimation using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2019Article
- Analysis of RNA in the estimation of post-mortem interval: a review of current evidence.International journal of legal medicine · 2019Review
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Abstract
The determination of time since death or the postmortem interval (PMI) is one of the most important and frequently asked questions in forensic medicine. Medicolegal scholars and forensic pathologists around the world have studied the estimation of PMI extensively in the past, and many novel methods and advanced technologies have now been applied in the field. For several centuries, Chinese forensic examiners have also worked on the estimation of the PMI, and there are a large number of excellent studies published in Chinese rather than in English, and these are not easily accessible or known internationally. Therefore we have conducted a review of relevant studies published by Chinese forensic scholars in the last few decades. The scope of this review is to provide a concise summary of the current progress in the estimation of PMI by Chinese forensic researchers using molecular biology, spectroscopic technology, entomological methods, energy changes, thanatochemistry and other methods.
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