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Blows or Falls? Distinction by Random Forest Classification
Henriques, Mélanie; Bonhomme, Vincent; Cunha, Eugénia; Adalian, PascalIn forensic anthropology, skeletal trauma analysis can assist pathologists in determining the circumstance, cause, and manner of death. Determining whether the trauma is related to falls or induced by homicidal blows is often asked in relevance to legal issues. The hat brim line rule (HBL) is one of the most commonly used methods. The rule says that fractures resulting from blows may be found above and within t...
Discrimination between falls and blows from the localization and the number of ...
Henriques, Mélanie; Saliba-Serre, Bérengère; Martrille, Laurent; Blum, Alain; Chaumoître, Kathia; Donato, Paulo; Campos, Nuno; Cunha, EugéniaThe distinction between falls and blows is a common and difficult task in forensic sciences. One of the most often used criteria to address this issue is the hat brim line (HBL) rule, which states that fall-related injuries do not lie above the HBL. Some studies, however, have found that the use of HBL rule is not so relevant. This study assesses the aetiologies, the number of fractures, and their location on t...
Blows or Falls? Distinction by Random Forest Classification
Henriques, Mélanie; Bonhomme, Vincent; Cunha, Eugénia; Adalian, PascalIn this study, we propose a classification method between falls and blows using random forests. In total, 400 anonymized patients presenting with fractures from falls or blows aged between 20 and 49 years old were used. There were 549 types of fractures for 57 bones and 12 anatomical regions observed. We first tested various models according to the sensibility of random forest parameters and their effects on mo...
Technical Note: The Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE) Map of Ident...
Petaros, Anja; Caplova, Zuzana; Verna, Emeline; Adalian, Pascal; Baccino, Eric; de Boer, Hans H.; Cunha, E; Ekizoglu, Oguzhan; Ferreira, Maria TeresaIdentified (documented) osteological collections represent an important resource in the development of forensic anthropology standards and methods as well as a precious tool for learning and training of practitioners. Even though the number of papers presenting identified collections worldwide increases, many of the collections have still not been divulged to the scientific community in sufficient detail to asc...
Technical Note: The Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE) Map of Ident...
Petaros, Anja; Caplova, Zuzana; Verna, Emeline; Adalian, Pascal; Baccino, Eric; de Boer, Hans H; Cunha, Eugénia; Ekizoglu, OguzhanIdentified (documented) osteological collections represent an important resource in the development of forensic anthropology standards and methods as well as a precious tool for learning and training of practitioners. Even though the number of papers presenting identified collections worldwide increases, many of the collections have still not been divulged to the scientific community in sufficient detail to asc...