2014
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12531
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Development of a Computer‐Assisted Forensic Radiographic Identification Method Using the Lateral Cervical and Lumbar Spine

Abstract: Medical examiners and coroners (ME/C) in the United States hold statutory responsibility to identify deceased individuals who fall under their jurisdiction. The computer-assisted decedent identification (CADI) project was designed to modify software used in diagnosis and treatment of spinal injuries into a mathematically validated tool for ME/C identification of fleshed decedents. CADI software analyzes the shapes of targeted vertebral bodies imaged in an array of standard radiographs and quantifies the likeli… Show more

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“…This approach is most appropriate for a forensic anthropologist to facilitate the decision‐making in post‐Daubert forensic context with importance of precision, accuracy, and reliability . DSP offers solutions for damaged hip bones in cases where it is possible to measure at least four dimensions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This approach is most appropriate for a forensic anthropologist to facilitate the decision‐making in post‐Daubert forensic context with importance of precision, accuracy, and reliability . DSP offers solutions for damaged hip bones in cases where it is possible to measure at least four dimensions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The subsequent literature, particularly between 1995 and 2008, is replete with published attempts to find means of extracting diagnostic information directly from skeletal remains via comparison of ante-and postmortem radiographs. Numerous publications describe individual identifications made using radiographic imaging of various parts of the postcranial skeleton including the leg and foot (15), chest (11,16), clavicles (17,18), pelvis (19,20), vertebral column (9,21), and the hand and wrist (6,22), as well as features of the cranium, including the mastoid sinuses (23), nasal sinuses 14, cranial suture patterns (24), frontal sinuses (25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34), and orthopedic/surgical devices from various parts of the body (35,36). Articles discussing the radiographic evaluation of the frontal sinuses in personal identification have been published on several occasions (25,27,28,37,38).…”
Section: Anthropological Methods For Identificationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Derrick et al describe an automated method for comparison of lateral images of the cervical spine that was mathematically validated for use by medical examiner's/coroner's offices (9). The software quantifies the likelihood that any two of the radiographs in an array of cervical spine images (Image 4) contain matching vertebral body morphology.…”
Section: Invited Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Furthermore, Derrick et al. [ 58 ] have modified software used in spine injury diagnosis to identify vertebrae in ante- and post-mortem comparisons of radiographs. Plain radiography is inexpensive and easy to use, and methods specific to forensic radiography are still being developed.…”
Section: Post-mortem Mdct and Forensic Anthropologymentioning
confidence: 99%