Advances in Forensic Medical Diagnosis
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 169
Special Issue Editors
Interests: medical risk management; forensic sciences; forensic pathology; health and safety protection and accident prevention; occupational health medicine; clinical and forensic autopsy; crime scene investigation; histopathology; immunohistochemistry
Interests: forensic sciences; clinical and forensic autopsy; crime scene investigation; post-mortem investigation; forensic pathology; histopathology; immunohistochemistry; medical risk management; ethics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The volume of research in forensic medicine has increased, and new areas of forensic specialization have developed. Medical examiners have adapted to international advances, from innovative technologies to new or changed laws. Artificial intelligence (AI) is being introduced into forensic and toxicological diagnoses. AI is used in various forensic procedures, including toxin analysis, organ sampling, detecting pathological changes in different body organs, determining the weapon used in a crime, and calculating the time of death. The recognition of the type of injuries, interpretation of injuries, and documentation of witnesses and injuries (including photography) are areas where computerization is helping health professionals with forensic issues related to child abuse, sexual assault, or unexpected infant death. Scientific innovations are also widely used to solve the ancient and ever-present problem of estimating the time of death (post-mortem interval (PMI)); innovations in molecular biology, such as the use of mRNAs, has been useful in this regard. Researchers have used advanced biomedical technologies in forensic diagnosis, including histological, molecular, chemical, radiological, 3D imaging, and bioengineering applications.
This Special Issue aims to collect reports that will aid forensic diagnosis in the following areas:
- Pathology;
- Radiology;
- Anthropology;
- Toxicology;
- Genetics.
Dr. Francesca Maglietta
Dr. Monica Salerno
Guest Editors
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