2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of the dead body trace device: for more reliable death time estimation and preservation of evidence

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23659374
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Legal medicine
Research Institution	National Defense Medical College
Principal Investigator	KANETAKE Jun 防衛医科大学校(医学教育部医学科進学課程及び専門課程、動物実験施設、共同利用研究, 医学教育部医学科専門課程, 教授 (90326661)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	法医鑑定学 / 刑事証拠法 / 死体現象 / 死後経過時間 / 直腸温 / 死体検案 / モニタリング / 可視化
Research Abstract	In this study, the purpose is to develop the dead body trace device which can be introduced into actual inquest cases. With wireless technology and five sensors, real time continuous monitoring and five rectal temperature measurements were achieved, but the device was far from perfection. In the boy model experiment, which was combined temperature, position and photograph information, the situation of the body model with temperature fall was displayed on a map simultaneously. It was suggested that the process of dead body administration from dead body recovery to autopsy was reproduced. The new device will be ideal for more reliable estimation and preservation of evidence.

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