Sensitivity of temperature-based time since death estimation on measurement location.

ABSTRACT: Rectal temperature measurement (RTM) from crime scenes is an important parameter for temperature-based time of death estimation (TDE). Various influential variables exist in TDE methods like the uncertainty in thermal and environmental parameters. Although RTM depends in particular on the location of measurement position, this relationship has never been investigated separately. The presented study fills this gap using Finite Element (FE) simulations of body cooling. A manually meshed coarse human FE model and an FE geometry model developed from the CT scan of a male corpse are used for TDE sensitivity analysis. The coarse model is considered with and without a support structure of moist soil. As there is no clear definition of ideal rectal temperature measurement location for TDE, possibl

SUBMITTER: Subramaniam JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10567880 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature