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DOI： 10.1371/journal.pone.0261870

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We present a case of an unidentified body that was found indoors and identified based on the oral information obtained using an intraoral scanner. The dental findings of the body were compared with the treatment history registered in the individual’s dental records. As a result, 30 teeth were found to be in agreement with the findings in the dental record, two other teeth did not agree with the records, however, they were consistent in terms of dental treatment history. Comparisons between the ante mortem and post mortem radiographs of the both sides of mandibular third teeth revealed similarities in the planting directions. Therefore, we suggested that the records represent the same individual. 3D models obtained by intraoral scanner could present accurately the site, shape, color, and material of the prosthesis which is an individual’s characteristic. Intraoral scanner can accurately capture intraoral information, which may be useful for collecting intraoral information.

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Prompt personal identification is required during disasters that can result in many casualties. To rapidly estimate sex based on skull structure, this study applied deep learning using two-dimensional silhouette images, obtained from head postmortem computed tomography (PMCT), to enhance the outline shape of the skull. We investigated the process of sex estimation using silhouette images viewed from different angles and majority votes. A total of 264 PMCT cases (132 cases for each sex) were used for transfer learning with two deep-learning models (AlexNet and VGG16). VGG16 exhibited the highest accuracy (89.8%) for lateral projections. The accuracy improved to 91.7% when implementing a majority vote based on the results of multiple projection angles. Moreover, silhouette images can be obtained from simple and popular X-ray imaging in addition to PMCT. Thus, this study demonstrated the feasibility of sex estimation by combining silhouette images with deep learning. The results implied that X-ray images can be used for personal identification.

DOI： 10.1038/s41598-024-74703-y

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Post-mortem (PM) imaging has potential for identifying individuals by comparing ante-mortem (AM) and PM images. Radiographic images of bones contain significant information for personal identification. However, PM images are affected by soft tissue decomposition; therefore, it is desirable to extract only images of bones that change little over time. This study evaluated the effectiveness of U-Net for bone image extraction from two-dimensional (2D) X-ray images. Two types of pseudo 2D X-ray images were created from the PM computed tomography (CT) volumetric data using ray-summation processing for training U-Net. One was a projection of all body tissues, and the other was a projection of only bones. The performance of the U-Net for bone extraction was evaluated using Intersection over Union, Dice coefficient, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. Additionally, AM chest radiographs were used to evaluate its performance with real 2D images. Our results indicated that bones could be extracted visually and accurately from both AM and PM images using U-Net. The extracted bone images could provide useful information for personal identification in forensic pathology.

DOI： 10.3390/diagnostics14161778

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Event date： 2024.5

Language：Japanese   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

Country：Japan  

Event date： 2024.5

Language：Japanese   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

Country：Japan  

Event date： 2024.5

Language：Japanese   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

Country：Japan  

Language：Japanese  

Language：Japanese