Detection of diatoms in the marrow of thigh bones as evidence of death by drowning.

Extraction Methods of Diatoms-a Review

Detection of diatoms in tissues has been applied as an important sign of drowning since the beginning of 20th century and utility of diatoms for the diagnosis of drownings cases was debated soon after they were first found in lung exudates. Hard bones (sternum and femur) and soft tissues (lungs and liver etc) of drowned bodies are usually sent to the Forensic Science Laboratories for the detect...

Application of a Statistical Model to Forecast Drowning Deaths in Iran

Background/aim:  One of the indicators for measuring the development of a country is its death rate caused by accidents and disasters. Every year, many people in Iran are drowned for various reasons. The aim of this study was to predict the trend of drowning mortality in Iran using statistical models. Method: This research was a longitudinal study using time-series data of drowning deaths obta...

Objective Diagnosis of Drowning by the "Diatom Test" - A Critical Review.

The identification of diatoms in the body tissues to prove a death by drowning (known as the diatom test) dates back to the end of the 19th century. However, in recent decades the reliability of this method was disproved because of an alleged inaccuracy and high false positive rate; nonetheless, the matter is still highly controversial. The purpose of the present work is to offer a critical rev...

The detection of diatoms in the bone marrow as evidence of death by drowing.

Virtopsy Application in Crime Detection and its Comparison with Autopsy

Aim(s): Virtopsy is a modern technology that identifies the cause of death through radiology without dissection. In addition to reducing the detection time, this technology also has high diagnostic sensitivity in some cases. One of the aims of criminal law science is accurate and rapid criminology. The aim of this study was to investigate the application of virtopsy method in crime detection an...