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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology

Issue 3/2016

Content (24 Articles)

Open Access Original Article

Identifying cases of heroin toxicity where 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM) is not detected by toxicological analyses

Ashley D. Ellis, Gerald McGwin, Gregory G. Davis, Daniel W. Dye

Open Access Original Article

The radiodensity of cerebrospinal fluid and vitreous humor as indicator of the time since death

Desirée H. J. L. M. Koopmanschap, Alireza R. Bayat, Bela Kubat, Henri M. de Bakker, Mathias W. M. Prokop, Willemijn M. Klein

Original Article

Can postmortem computed tomography detect antemortem hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy?

Go Shirota, Masanori Ishida, Yukako Shintani, Hiroyuki Abe, Masako Ikemura, Masashi Fukayama, Wataru Gonoi

Original Article

Forensic aspects of starvation

Burkhard Madea, Jan Ortmann, Elke Doberentz

Review

Caffeine toxicity in forensic practice: possible effects and under-appreciated sources

Ian F. Musgrave, Rachael L. Farrington, Claire Hoban, Roger W. Byard

Case Report

Postmortem computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging facilitates forensic autopsy in a fatal case of poisoning with formic acid, diphenhydramine, and ethanol

Florian Berger, Andrea E. Steuer, Katharina Rentsch, Dominic Gascho, Stamatios Stamou, Sarah Schärli, Michael J. Thali, Thomas Krämer, Patricia M. Flach

Case Report

Sudden unexpected death due to severe pulmonary and cardiac sarcoidosis

Alžbeta Ginelliová, Daniel Farkaš, Silvia Farkašová Iannaccone, Vlasta Vyhnálková

Technical Report

DNA profiles from clothing fibers using direct PCR

Renée Blackie, Duncan Taylor, Adrian Linacre

Technical Report

Automatic entry point planning for robotic post-mortem CT-based needle placement

Lars C. Ebert, Martin Fürst, Wolfgang Ptacek, Thomas D. Ruder, Dominic Gascho, Wolf Schweitzer, Michael J. Thali, Patricia M. Flach

Commentary

Toxicological testing when evaluating fatal cases suspected of acute fentanyl toxicity

Xiulu Ruan, Srinivas Chiravuri, Alan D. Kaye

Commentary

Thoracic aortic dissection and heritability: forensic implications

Elizabeth N. Robertson, Brett D. Hambly, Richmond W. Jeremy

Commentary

Comparing fatal cases involving U-47700

Xiulu Ruan, Srinivas Chiravuri, Alan D. Kaye

Images in Forensics

Sudden death in an adolescent due to primary angiosarcoma of the right atrium

Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo, Egbert C. A. van Niekerk, Christien M. Cronjé, Jurgen Dinkel

Images in Forensics

Massive hemoptysis due to primary mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the lung in a 12-year-old

Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo, Belinda K. Bunn

Images in Forensics

Charon’s Coins

Dominic Gascho, Simon Gentile, Stephan A. Bolliger, Michael J. Thali