2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Improvement of the accuracy of postmortem interval estimation equation using autopsy findings and spectrophotometric values
| Project/Area Number |
23790724
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Legal medicine
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | autopsy / postmortem interval / spectrophotometer / organ weight / image analysis |
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| Research Abstract |
Estimation of postmortem interval (PMI) is one of the most important matter for forensic medicine. Postmortem phenomena such as postmortem lividity, rigor mortis, and body temperature and so on are used to estimate the PMI. We studied on the relationship between organ weights and PMI. We proposed an equation for calculating the organ weights using several autopsy findings and so on. When we take into consideration the PMI, the accuracy of the equation was improved. However, the accuracy of the equation for calculating the PMI using organ weights and some autopsy findings waslow to use in practice, so further study is needed.
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