Human identification by medical findings in a forensic anthropology context.

IF 1.4 4区 医学 Q3 MEDICINE, LEGAL Forensic Sciences Research Pub Date : 2024-08-23 eCollection Date: 2024-09-01 DOI:10.1093/fsr/owae041
Yara Vieira Lemos, Alexandre Neves Furtado, Adriana Zatti Lima, Alexander Santos Dionísio, Ricardo Moreira Araújo, Eugénia Cunha
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This article presents a series of three complex forensic cases that posed significant challenges for identifying human remains. These include a mass dam disaster, burnt human remains, and extensively decomposed human remains. Positive identification was achieved using a shadow positioning technique with imaging comparisons of medical findings. After establishing the biological profile, medical data were evaluated with digital radiography and computed tomography examinations the human remains. These aimed to replicate the original (intravitam) traits in the same angulation to examine postsurgical characteristics, as well as the anatomical, pathological, and morphological features, which were sufficient to establish a positive scientific identification. Technological advancements tend to reveal additional skeletal details, making medical data comparisons significantly more effective in the context of anthropological identification. These cases demonstrate that the possibility of identification should never be ignored, even in situations with advanced decomposition.

Key points: Conventional identification methods may not always be applicable in forensic anthropology cases.The presented cases include a mass dam disaster, burnt human remains, and extensively decomposed human remains.These three cases involved successful human identification with medical findings comparisons using the shadow position technique.Identification could be established in these cases, despite challenges, such as fire damage, an incomplete body, and extensive decomposition.These cases suggest medical findings should be considered as biological identifiers rather than secondary identifiers.

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在法医人类学背景下通过医学发现进行人体识别。
本文介绍了三个复杂的法医案件系列,这些案件给遗骸鉴定工作带来了重大挑战。这些案件包括大规模水坝灾难、烧焦的遗骸和大面积腐烂的遗骸。利用阴影定位技术和医学发现的成像对比,实现了积极的身份识别。在确定生物特征后,利用数字射线和计算机断层扫描检查遗骸,对医疗数据进行评估。这些检查旨在以相同的角度复制原始(intravitam)特征,以检查手术后特征以及解剖学、病理学和形态学特征,这些特征足以确定积极的科学鉴定。技术的进步往往会揭示更多的骨骼细节,从而使医学数据对比在人类学鉴定中更为有效。这些案例表明,即使在尸体已经高度腐烂的情况下,也绝不能忽视鉴定的可能性:这些案例表明,医学研究结果应被视为生物识别因素,而不是次要识别因素。
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Forensic Sciences Research
Forensic Sciences Research MEDICINE, LEGAL-
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