NCJ Number
248511
Date Published
October 2013
Length
55 pages
Annotation
The purpose of this project was to develop a statistically robust, quantitative method for identification of unidentified decedents through software-based comparison of antemortem and postmortem skeletal radiographs.
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to develop a statistically robust, quantitative method for identification of unidentified decedents through software-based comparison of antemortem and postmortem skeletal radiographs. The project has modified existing technology (QMA software) to develop and test a quantitative method of radiographic identification for routine use and is targeted for fleshed adult decedents presenting to the medical examiners and coroner’s office with a suggested or tentative name and available radiographic records. Over 54,000 radiograph comparisons were made, analyzing the shapes of targeted skeletal elements and determining a “correct match” and resulted in the Computer-Assisted Decedent Identification (CADI) method which utilizes the modified QMA software.
Date Published: October 1, 2013