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International Journal of Legal Medicine

Ausgabe 4/2024

Inhalt (50 Artikel)

Advances in body fluid identification: MiRNA markers as powerful tool

  • Review

Mohd Hamza, Deeksha Sankhyan, Saurabh Shukla, Preeti Pandey

Development of a novel five dye insertion/deletion (INDEL) panel for ancestry determination

  • Original Article

Lucio L. Avellaneda, Damani T. Johnson, Ryan M. Gutierrez, Lindsey Thompson, Sarah A. Sturm, Kelly A. Sage, Rachel M. Houston, Bobby L. LaRue

Quantitative evaluation of endometrium-expressed mRNAs for the purpose of discriminating between menstruation and traumatic vaginal injury in sexual assault cases

  • Original Article

Tomoko Akutsu, Saki Minegishi, Ken Watanabe, Kochi Toyomane, Takayuki Yamagishi, Koichi Sakurada

Developmental validation of the STRSeqTyper122 kit for massively parallel sequencing of forensic STRs

  • Original Article

Li-Liang Guo, Jia-Hui Yuan, Chi Zhang, Jie Zhao, Yi-Ren Yao, Ke-Li Guo, Yang Meng, An-Quan Ji, Ke-Lai Kang, Le Wang

From degraded to deciphered: ATAC-seq’s application potential in forensic diagnosis

  • Original Article

Manrui Li, Yuntian Jin, Yang Xu, Yihan Sun, Ruixuan Yuan, Xiao Zhang, Shengqiu Qu, Meili Lv, Miao Liao, Weibo Liang, Lin Zhang, Xiameng Chen

Evaluation of the usefulness of insertion-null markers in critical skeletal remains

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Christian Haarkötter, María Saiz, Xiomara Gálvez, Diana C. Vinueza-Espinosa, María Isabel Medina-Lozano, Juan Carlos Álvarez, Jose Antonio Lorente

Understanding methiopropamine, a new psychoactive substance: an in-depth review on its chemistry, pharmacology and implications to human health

  • Review

Mohd Khairulanwar Bunaim, Hanafi Ahmad Damanhuri, Hui-Yin Yow, Nor Syafinaz Yaakob, Mohd Makmor-Bakry, Norazrina Azmi

Hair toxicological analysis of infants and their mothers: a 5-year retrospective study focusing on cocaine

  • Original Article

Clara Cestonaro, Claudio Terranova, Massimo Carollo, Alessia Russo, Melissa Rosa-Rizzotto, Guido Viel, Donata Favretto, Anna Aprile

Death by accidental intravenous administration of gasoline

  • Case Report

Pero Bubalo, Marina Nestic, Slavica Martinovic, Marija Bakovic, Davor Mayer, Anita Galic Mihic

Identification of a murder caused by brodifacoum poisoning based on clinical examinations and LC-MS/MS results

  • Case Report

Zhonghao Yu, Erjuan Zhao, Qing Shi, Yuhao Yuan, Jinghong Ma, Luwang Zhou, Yijie Duan, Yiwu Zhou

Pediatric motor vehicle crashes injuries: A systematic review for forensic evaluation

  • Open Access
  • Review

Elena Giovannini, Simone Santelli, Guido Pelletti, Maria Paola Bonasoni, Angela Cornacchia, Susi Pelotti, Paolo Fais

A 15-year review of lightning deaths in Germany—with a focus on pathognomonic findings

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Rebecca Bingert, Larissa Bremer, Andreas Büttner, Stefan Nigbur, Ryan Blumenthal, Fred Zack

Immunohistochemical analysis of PDGFR-α for wound age determination

  • Original Article

Wei Zhang, Yuko Ishida, Mizuho Nosaka, Yumi Kuninaka, Akiko Ishigami, Haruki Yasuda, Ayumi Kofuna, Ten Kamata, Utako Goto, Toshikazu Kondo

Skin simulants for wound ballistic investigation – an experimental study

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Victoria K. S. Fischer, Markus A. Rothschild, Beat P. Kneubuehl, Thomas Kamphausen

Hypothermic sepsis in time since death estimation – a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Stefan Potente, Victoria Hanser, Sara Heinbuch, Arne Wrede, Nadine Schäfer, Peter Schmidt

Post‑mortem detection of biomarkers for diagnosis of traumatic brain injury

  • Letter to the Editor

Meena Suresh Kumar, Tanuj Kanchan, Vikas P. Meshram

Population affinity estimation using pelvic measurements based on computed tomographic data acquired from Japanese and Western Australian populations

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Suguru Torimitsu, Akari Nakazawa, Ambika Flavel, Lauren Swift, Yohsuke Makino, Hirotaro Iwase, Daniel Franklin

Automated detection of fatal cerebral haemorrhage in postmortem CT data

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Andrea Zirn, Eva Scheurer, Claudia Lenz

Postmortem CT analysis of paranasal sinuses using an experimental model of drowning

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Alexander Tyr, Brita Zilg, Tobias Gelius, Rasmus Möllby, Nina Heldring

Human identification: an investigation of 3D models of paranasal sinuses to establish a biological profile on a modern UK population

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Madeline Robles, Sherry Nakhaeizadeh, Carolyn Rando, Ruth M. Morgan

Longitudinal visibility of MRI findings in living victims of strangulation

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Melanie Bauer, Christina Hollenstein, Johanna Maria Lieb, Sabine Grassegger, Tanja Haas, Laura Egloff, Celine Berger, Eva Scheurer, Claudia Lenz

Development of a protocol for standardized use of a water-soluble contrast agent with polyethylene glycol in post-mortem CT angiography

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

G. M. Bruch, S. Grabherr, C. Bruguier, F. T. Fischer, R. Soto, V. Magnin, P. Genet

Subject-specific finite element head models for skull fracture evaluation—a new tool in forensic pathology

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Mikkel Jon Henningsen, Natalia Lindgren, Svein Kleiven, Xiaogai Li, Christina Jacobsen, Chiara Villa

Efficacy of the methods of age determination using artificial intelligence in panoramic radiographs — a systematic review

  • Review

Tania Camila Niño-Sandoval, Ana Milena Doria-Martinez, Ruby Amparo Vásquez Escobar, Elizabeth Llano Sánchez, Isabella Bermón Rojas, Laura Cristina Vargas Álvarez, David Stephen Fernandez Mc Cann, Liliana Marcela Támara-Patiño

Radiological age assessment based on clavicle ossification in CT: enhanced accuracy through deep learning

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Philipp Wesp, Balthasar Maria Schachtner, Katharina Jeblick, Johanna Topalis, Marvin Weber, Florian Fischer, Randolph Penning, Jens Ricke, Michael Ingrisch, Bastian Oliver Sabel

Bone age assessment based on different MRI modalities of the proximal humerus epiphysis: the comparisons of T1WI, T2WI, and PDWI

  • Original Article

Yu-su Jiao, Yilitabier Tuerhong, Cheng-xu Chen, Xin-hua Dai, Ting Lu, Zhao Peng, Zhen-hua Deng, Fei Fan

Radiological assessment of periodontal ligament space visibility on third molars for forensic age assessment — a comparison study of three different staging scales

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Maximilian Timme, Laurin Steffens, Jan Viktorov, Adam Streeter, André Karch, Andreas Schmeling

Dental age assessment and dental scoring systems: combined different statistical methods

  • Original Article

Cristiana Palmela Pereira, Ana Rodrigues, Diana Augusto, Adriana Santos, Valon Nushic, Rui Santos

Validating the use of clinical MSCT scans for cranial nonmetric sex estimation in a contemporary Indonesian population

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Ridhwan Lye, Zuzana Obertová, Nur Amelia Bachtiar, Daniel Franklin

Further experiments and remarks regarding the possible formation of blood stains on the Turin Shroud: stains attributed to the nailing of the hands

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Anna Heger, Lisa König, Alexandra Reckert, Melanie Schröder, Ferhat Kiliç, Farahs Emami, Stefanie Ritz-Timme

Forensic application of three interstitial pneumonia markers: search for new pneumonia markers in dead bodies

  • Original Article

Keisuke Okaba, Go Inokuchi, Kie Horioka, Hirotaro Iwase, Hiroyuki Inoue, Ayumi Motomura, Namiko Ishii, Chihiro Moue, Takayuki Shiomi, Daisuke Yajima

Victims of drug facilitated sexual assault aged 13-24: a cross sectional study on the pool of users of a sexual violence relief centre in Northern Italy

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Cinzia Simonaggio, Elena Rubini, Giulia Facci, Paola Castagna, Antonella Canavese, Lorenza Scotti, Sarah Gino

Catch me if you can—emission patterns of human bodies in relation to postmortem changes

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Alexandra Schieweck, Nicole Schulz, Jens Amendt, Christoph Birngruber, Franziska Holz

New alginate-gelatine method for casting of staining inside firearm barrels

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Christian Schyma, Matthias Berthold

Development of a screening system of gene sets for estimating the time of early skeletal muscle injury based on second-generation sequencing technology

  • Original Article

Junyi Shen, Hao Sun, Shidong Zhou, Liangliang Wang, Chaoxiu Dong, Kang Ren, Qiuxiang Du, Jie Cao, Yingyuan Wang, Junhong Sun

Forensic investigation on a combined death by food aspiration and acute escitalopram intoxication occurred to a psychiatric subject in a nursing home

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

P. Zuccarello, G. Carnazza, M. Salerno, M. Esposito, S. Cosentino, A. Giorlandino, F. Sessa, C. Pomara, N. Barbera

Fatal bowel perforation caused by ingestion of high-powered magnets in a 6-year-old boy

  • Case Report

Pierre-Antoine Peyron, Claire Villard, Eric Baccino

Letter to the editor regarding the article “Heart weight must not be measured before dissection during autopsies”

  • Letter to the Editor

Francesca Cazzato, Simone Grassi, Ramon Brugada, Antonio Oliva

A critical review of “Artificial intelligence in the practice of forensic medicine: a scoping review”

  • Open Access
  • Letter to the Editor

Benjamin Ondruschka, Dragana Seifert, Natalie Rotermund, Anselm Fehnker

Forensic taphonomic experimental design matters: a study assessing clothing and carrion biomass load on scavenging in Cape Town, South Africa

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Kara Sierra Adams, Devin Alexander Finaughty, Victoria Elaine Gibbon

Ballistic long bone fracture pattern: an experimental study

  • Original Article

Nathalie Schwab, Xavier Jordana, Jordi Monreal, Xavier Garrido, Joan Soler, Manel Vega, Pedro Brillas, Ignasi Galtés

Validation of age estimation methods through the scapula in a Mediterranean non-adult population

  • Original Article

María de las Nieves Nogueras López, Manuel Partido Navadijo, Javier Irurita Olivares

Prioritising quality: investigating the influence of image quality on forensic facial comparison

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Nicholas Bacci, Nanette Briers, Maryna Steyn

The influence of biological relatedness on sexual dimorphism and sex classification based on external morphology of the frontal bone

  • Original Article

Markéta Hamanová Čechová, Jan Cvrček, Ján Dupej, Jaroslav Brůžek, Jana Velemínská

Automatic and robust estimation of sex and chronological age from panoramic radiographs using a multi-task deep learning network: a study on a South Korean population

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Se-Jin Park, Su Yang, Jun-Min Kim, Ju-Hee Kang, Jo-Eun Kim, Kyung-Hoe Huh, Sam-Sun Lee, Won-Jin Yi, Min-Suk Heo

Prioritizing a high posterior probability threshold leading to low error rate over high classification accuracy: the validity of MorphoPASSE software for cranial morphological sex estimation in a contemporary population

  • Original Article

Anežka Pilmann Kotěrová, Frédéric Santos, Šárka Bejdová, Rebeka Rmoutilová, MennattAllah Hassan Attia, Ahmed Habiba, Jana Velemínská, Jaroslav Brůžek

Methods for the optimal preservation of blow fly intra-puparial forms for morphological analysis in forensic casework

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Jaime López-García, Mario A. Piña, Brett Clark, Martin J. R. Hall, Daniel Martín-Vega

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KI in der Diagnostik – aus Sicht der Pathologie

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Räumlich-epidemiologische Datenanalyse von Pathologiedaten (REDPath)

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