Diagnostic Methods in Forensic Pathology: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2024) | Viewed by 341
Special Issue Editors
Interests: violence and abuse; risk management; criminology, healthcare security and safety; medical liability; forensic pathology; forensic immunohistochemistry, legal medicine; sudden cardiac death; criminology
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Interests: forensic pathology; forensic immunohistochemistry; forensic microbiology; legal medicine; sudden cardiac death; medical liability
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: forensic pathology; forensic odontology, forensic microbiology; forensic radiology; virtopsy; medical liability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Special Issue, entitled "Diagnostic Methods in Forensic Pathology". This is a collection of important high-quality papers relating to all aspects of forensic pathology.
Understanding the cause of death in the forensic setting can be difficult and autopsies alone may not be conclusive, making the assessment of the dynamics which lead to death a challenge. Further issues in forensic pathology include the identification of the victim, the post mortem interval (PMI) estimation, injury vitality, and age estimation. In several cases, forensic assessment needs a multidisciplinary approach in which the forensic pathologist integrates his skills with other figures/specialists, such as toxicologists, anthropologists, odontologists, radiologists, entomologists, geneticists, and engineers. This cooperation has allowed innovations in forensic practice and the development of new diagnostic strategies.
This Special Issue aims to include scientific advances and perspectives for the developments and discoveries in all fields of post-mortem forensic diagnostics. To this scope, the Special Issue will include scientific articles on all the forensic methods/investigations/analysis useful to reach a clear post-mortem diagnosis.
Dr. Elvira Ventura Spagnolo
Dr. Cristina Mondello
Guest Editors
Gennaro Baldino
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- forensic pathology
- multidisciplinary approach
- post mortem interval
- causes of death
- personal identification
- sudden cardiac death/unexpected death
- fatal anaphylactic shock
- sepsis
- autopsy
- toxicology
- histopathology
- postmortem immunohistochemistry
- forensic odontology
- forensic anthropology
- forensic entomology
- molecular biology
- genetic investigations
- postmortem CT
- postmortem MRI
- micro-CT
- 3D print
- virtopsy
- forensic geology
- forensic veterinary
- forensic microbiology
- post-mortem biochemical analysis
- stereomicroscopy
- energy-dispersive X-ray analysis
- scanning electron microscope (EDX/SEM)
- metallization
- forensic engineering
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