noninvasive thermometry
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2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (22) ◽  
pp. eaba4243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah S. Wilk ◽  
Richelle J. M. Hoveling ◽  
Gerda J. Edelman ◽  
Huub J. J. Hardy ◽  
Sebastiaan van Schouwen ◽  
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The early postmortem interval (PMI), i.e., the time shortly after death, can aid in the temporal reconstruction of a suspected crime and therefore provides crucial information in forensic investigations. Currently, this information is often derived from an empirical model (Henssge’s nomogram) describing posthumous body cooling under standard conditions. However, nonstandard conditions necessitate the use of subjective correction factors or preclude the use of Henssge’s nomogram altogether. To address this, we developed a powerful method for early PMI reconstruction using skin thermometry in conjunction with a comprehensive thermodynamic finite-difference model, which we validated using deceased human bodies. PMIs reconstructed using this approach, on average, deviated no more than ±38 minutes from their corresponding true PMIs (which ranged from 5 to 50 hours), significantly improving on the ±3 to ±7 hours uncertainty of the gold standard. Together, these aspects render this approach a widely applicable, i.e., forensically relevant, method for thermometric early PMI reconstruction.


Author(s):  
Evdokia M. Kardoulaki ◽  
Richard R.A. Syms ◽  
Ian R. Young

2010 ◽  
Vol 57 (12) ◽  
pp. 2671-2684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Yen Lai ◽  
D E Kruse ◽  
C F Caskey ◽  
D N Stephens ◽  
P L Sutcliffe ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Marable ◽  
Lynn E.T. Shaffer ◽  
Victor Dizon ◽  
Judy M. Opalek

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 383-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi P. O’Grady ◽  
Andre Kalil ◽  
Philip Barie ◽  
Thomas Bleck

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