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ReviewForensic science, medicine, and pathology2019

Optical coherence tomography in forensic sciences: a review of the literature.

Matteo Nioi, Pietro Emanuele Napoli, Sarah Michelle Mayerson, Maurizio Fossarello, Ernesto d'Aloja

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Review in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matteo NioiDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Public Health, Forensic Medicine Unit, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. nioimatteo@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3645-6005
Pietro Emanuele NapoliDepartment of Surgical Science, Eye Clinic, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Sarah Michelle MayersonDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Public Health, Forensic Medicine Unit, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Maurizio FossarelloDepartment of Surgical Science, Eye Clinic, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Ernesto d'AlojaDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Public Health, Forensic Medicine Unit, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
University of Cagliari · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an interferometric imaging technique that has revolutionized clinical ophthalmology since the first half of the 1990's. Despite this approach being successfully employed in ophthalmology and having great potential in forensic cases, its use in different forensic fields appears to be quite limited. In this review we reviewed the scientific literature regarding the application of OCT in forensic science and legal medicine from 1995 to 2019. Our research showed the usefulness of this approach for the study of coronary injuries, postmortem ocular changes, forensic entomology, and several other applications of specific forensic interest (the study of blood stains, fingerprints, and hair bulbs for personal identification, as well as the study of materials found in the crime scene for comparation, or anti-fraud investigation). The creation of specific 'ad hoc' devices and a better knowledge of this type of technology by pathologists will be a fundamental step to continue to develop the use of OCT forensic fields.

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Forensic SciencesTomography, Optical CoherenceAnimalsArthropodsBlood StainsCoronary VesselsDermatoglyphicsEntomologyEyeHairHeartHumansPostmortem ChangesForensic entomologyForensic imagingForensic pathologyOCT in forensic scienceOptical coherence tomographyPostmortem ocular changes

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PMID31321632
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