Dismemberment and Body Encasement - Case Report and an Empiric Study
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Dismemberment and Body Encasement - Case Report and an Empiric Study. / Matzen, Jana; Ondruschka, Benjamin; Fitzek, Antonia; Püschel, Klaus; Jopp-van Well, Eilin.
In: BIOLOGY-BASEL, Vol. 11, No. 2, 328, 18.02.2022.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Dismemberment and Body Encasement - Case Report and an Empiric Study
AU - Matzen, Jana
AU - Ondruschka, Benjamin
AU - Fitzek, Antonia
AU - Püschel, Klaus
AU - Jopp-van Well, Eilin
PY - 2022/2/18
Y1 - 2022/2/18
N2 - The mutilation and encasement of corpses are rare in daily forensic work, but when they occur, close cooperation between different disciplines, such as legal medicine and forensic anthropology, is necessary to obtain the most valuable results. One forensic examination method is the radiological evaluation of victims or body parts by postmortem CT (pmCT) and X-ray images. In relation to a case described in this paper, an empirical study was conducted to figure out the value of radiological imaging and the ability to visualize and temporally classify changes in a corpse encased in concrete. For this purpose, the head and paw of a pig were encased in concrete and scanned regularly over a period of one year. Body parts such as the head and paw are clearly visible on X-ray images. Although decay-related changes are shown, a specific minimum time interval cannot yet be found, as these changes occur continuously in lesser amounts.
AB - The mutilation and encasement of corpses are rare in daily forensic work, but when they occur, close cooperation between different disciplines, such as legal medicine and forensic anthropology, is necessary to obtain the most valuable results. One forensic examination method is the radiological evaluation of victims or body parts by postmortem CT (pmCT) and X-ray images. In relation to a case described in this paper, an empirical study was conducted to figure out the value of radiological imaging and the ability to visualize and temporally classify changes in a corpse encased in concrete. For this purpose, the head and paw of a pig were encased in concrete and scanned regularly over a period of one year. Body parts such as the head and paw are clearly visible on X-ray images. Although decay-related changes are shown, a specific minimum time interval cannot yet be found, as these changes occur continuously in lesser amounts.
U2 - 10.3390/biology11020328
DO - 10.3390/biology11020328
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 35205194
VL - 11
JO - BIOLOGY-BASEL
JF - BIOLOGY-BASEL
SN - 2079-7737
IS - 2
M1 - 328
ER -
