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Using Advanced Imaging Technologies To Enhance Autopsy Practices

Date Published

December 2017

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ

Is It Old Age, Abuse or Homicide? Using Forensic Markers and Technology to Detect Elder Abuse and Neglect

June 2009

Panelists will present results from NIJ-funded studies on bruising and CT scanning and discuss the important role of forensic information and technology in effectively investigating violent crimes against the elderly.

Mary Elizabeth Cole

Title

NIJ Graduate Research Fellow

Three-Dimensional Craniofacial Variation of Modern Americans: A Visual Reference to Supplement Facial Approximation Methods

Date Published

November 2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Is It Old Age, Abuse or Homicide? Using Forensic Markers and Technology To Detect Elder Abuse and Neglect - Panel discussion at the 2009 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2009

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Presentation (Multimedia), Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Characterization and Analysis of Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Signatures and Debris

2018-MU-BX-0004

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2018

$635,430

Open-source Tools for Dense Facial Tissue Depth Mapping (FTDM) of Computed Tomography Models

Date Published

August 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Quantifying the Impact of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors to Improve Juvenile Age Estimation

2017-DN-BX-0144

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$561,528

Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S. Forensic Practice

2015-DN-BX-K409

Open

Funding First Awarded

2017

$404,255

Optimizing Bone Loss Across the Lifespan: The Three-Dimensional Structure of Porosity in the Human Femoral Neck and Rib As a Metric of Bone Fragility

2017-MU-CX-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$50,000

Reconstructing Fragmentary Skeletal Remains

Can CT Scans Enhance or Replace Medicolegal Autopsies?

Date Published

December 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

Can CT Scans Enhance or Replace Medicolegal Autopsies?

Date Published

December 4, 2016

Researchers look into the utility of postmortem X-ray computed tomography in supplanting or supplementing medicolegal autopsies.

Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset

2016-DN-BX-0144

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$702,654

Improving and Evaluating Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Investigation of Fatalities Involving Suspected Head Trauma

2016-DN-BX-0173

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$714,891

Evaluation of the Routine Use of CT Scanning to Supplant or Supplement Autopsy in a High-Volume Medical Examiner's Office

2016-DN-BX-K002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$619,325

Utility of Postmortem X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) in Supplanting or Supplementing Medicolegal Autopsies

Date Published

August 2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Computerized Reconstruction of Fragmentary Skeletal Remains for Purposes of Extracting Osteometric Measurements and Estimating MNI

Date Published

June 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Biomechanical Investigation of the Effect of Bone Disorders on Pediatric Femur Fracture Potential

2015-DN-BX-K018

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$533,978

Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S.Forensic Practice

2015-DN-BX-K009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$510,409

Three-Dimensional Craniofacial Variation of Modern Americans: A Visual Reference to Supplement Facial Approximation Methods

2014-DN-BX-K005

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$238,863

Investigation of Post-Mortem Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Intraneural Hemorrhage

2013-DN-BX-K004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2013

$498,616

NIJ's Innovative Research Spans Variety of Forensic Fields

Improving Sex Estimation From Crania Using 3-dimensional CT Scans

Date Published

November 2012

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Investigation of the Impact of Body Temperature and Post-Mortem Interval on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Unfixed Tissue

2012-DN-BX-K019

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$574,868