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Baier, W., Norman, D. G., Warnett, J. M., Payne, M., Harrison, N. P., Hunt, N., Burnett, B. and Williams, M. A. (2017) Novel application of three-dimensional technologies in a case of dismemberment. Forensic Science International, 270 . pp. 139-145. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.11.040
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.11.040
Abstract
This case study reports the novel application of three-dimensional technologies such as micro-CT and 3D printing to the forensic investigation of a complex case of dismemberment. Micro-CT was successfully employed to virtually align severed skeletal elements found in different locations, analyse tool marks created during the dismemberment process, and virtually dissect a charred piece of evidence. High resolution 3D prints of the burnt human bone contained within were created for physical visualisation to assist the investigation team. Micro-CT as a forensic radiological method provided vital information and the basis for visualisation both during the investigation and in the subsequent trial making it one of the first examples of such technology in a UK court.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA1001 Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Tomography, Forensic pathology, Murder -- Investigation, Dismemberment | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Forensic Science International | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0379-0738 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | January 2017 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | 270 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 139-145 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.11.040 | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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