Evaluating artificial intelligence for comparative radiography.

Journal: International journal of legal medicine
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Comparative radiography is a forensic identification and shortlisting technique based on the comparison of skeletal structures in ante-mortem and post-mortem images. The images (e.g., 2D radiographs or 3D computed tomographies) are manually superimposed and visually compared by a forensic practitioner. It requires a significant amount of time per comparison, limiting its utility in large comparison scenarios.

Authors

  • Oscar Gomez
    Center for Robotic Simulation & Education, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Pablo Mesejo
    Department of Information Engineering, University of Parma, Parma 43124, Italy , ISIT-UMR 6284 CNRS, University of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand 63000, France.
  • Oscar Ibáñez
  • Andrea Valsecchi
    European Center for Soft Computing, C/Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quirós, s/n - 3(a) planta, 33600 Mieres, Spain. Electronic address: andrea.valsecchi@softcomputing.es.
  • Enrique Bermejo
    Andalusian Research Institute DaSCI, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
  • Andrea Cerezo
    Department of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Physical Anthropology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
  • José Pérez
    Department of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Physical Anthropology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
  • Inmaculada Alemán
    Department of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Physical Anthropology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
  • Tzipi Kahana
    Faculty of Criminology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Sergio Damas
    European Center for Soft Computing, C/Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quirós, s/n - 3(a) planta, 33600 Mieres, Spain. Electronic address: sergio.damas@softcomputing.es.
  • Óscar Cordón
    Andalusian Research Institute DaSCI, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.