Virtual anthropology and forensic identification using multidetector CT

The Role of Multidetector CT Virtual Bronchoscopy in

The Incidence of laryngotracheal stenosis is increasing nowadays due to increasing incidence of prolonged endotracheal intubations with increasing incidence of polytrauma, neurovascular accidents, and complex surgical procedures with subsequent intensive care units admission, intubation with or without ventilation. Improvement in the protocols of intensive care increased the numbers of patients...

Anthropology in a Forensic Context

Virtual anthropology.

Comparative morphology, dealing with the diversity of form and shape, and functional morphology, the study of the relationship between the structure and the function of an organism's parts, are both important subdisciplines in biological research. Virtual anthropology (VA) contributes to comparative morphology by taking advantage of technological innovations, and it also offers new opportunitie...

Molecular Anthropology: Population and Forensic Genetic Applications

Molecular anthropology the study of human genetic polymorphisms is fast and ever-growing branch of anthropology that holds a great promise for both past and future. Indian subcontinent with its remarkable environmental, geographical, morphological, genetic, cultural and linguistic diversity provides immense promise for anthropological investigations to address origins of its people, population ...

Micro-CT in forensic anthropology: Implications for estimating age-at-death in infants, recent and ancient

Aims Forensic scientists and anthropologists have employed computed tomography since the late 1970s [1], but the application of high resolution micro-computed tomography has only emerged in recent years [2, 3]. The number of medico-legal investigations employing this technology as a means of avoiding invasive autopsy or capturing otherwise inaccessible evidence is still relatively low. One key ...