Computerized image analysis in differentiationof skin lesions caused by electrocution, flame burns, and abrasion

• Elif Akyıldız ^[1] ; Ibrahim Uzun ^[2] ; M. Akif Inanıcı ^[3] ; Huseyin Baloglu ^[4]
  1. [1] Fatih University Medical Faculty Hospital

     Fatih University Medical Faculty Hospital

     Turquía

     
  2. [2] Department of Morgue, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
  3. [3] Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical Faculty, Marmara University,Istanbul, Turkey
  4. [4] Department of Pathology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Istanbul,Turkey

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• Localización: Journal of forensic sciences, ISSN-e 1556-4029, ISSN 0022-1198, Vol. 54, Nº. 6, 2009, págs. 1419-1422
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In the practice of forensic science, sometimes, it is not easy to understand whether skin lesion is due to electrocution and to differ-entiate the thermal burns and abrasion-type lesions, especially when electricity source cannot be revealed by death science investigation. Based onthe causes of the lesions, cases were classified into three groups. Group 1 included 30 deaths from electrocution. Group 2 included 30 deaths withflame burns. Group 3 included 30 deaths from traffic accident cases, which had abrasions. In this study, epidermal nuclear area, perimeter, nuclearform factor, nuclear minimum axes, nuclear maximum axes, and minimum axes ⁄ maximum axes ratio were measured. As a result, we think that com-puterized image analysis beside light microscopic examination can be useful in the differentiation of the electrocution, flame burn, and abrasion typelesions