Identification apres catastrophe aerienne (DC 10 au Niger) : Résultats et réflexions

A la suite d'un accient aerien, nous avons été conduit á identifier 159 corps ou fragments de corps. Pour ce faire une équipe pluridisciplinaire a fonctionné pendant 2 mois. 105 identifications ont pu etre realisses. Pami les reflexions suggerees par cette etude, nous insistons sur la rigueur du ramassage des corps et sur le delai necessaire pour realiser les differentes etapas de identification, ce qui impose une structure d'accueil refrigereee suffisamment vaste (AU)

Identification based on medical data

When the personal identification of human remains cannot be determined from finger - prints or odonto - stomatological methods, it may be based on medical data including radiological / skeletal, blood groups, surgical procedures and prostheses, disease / accident, iatrogenic features, medicines and drugs. We illustrate these with a few cases from our own practice (AU)

L' anatomie dentaire "fine" au service de l'dentification

Des empreintes dentaires realisees dans un but orthodontique ont permis l'identification d'un crane d'adulte retrouve de nombreuses annees plus tard. Les auteurs insistent sur l'importance de l'examen minutieux des surfaces coronaires pour donner une conclusion formelle (AU)

The computer - assisted postmortem identification (CAPMI) system : A computer - based identification program

The computer - assisted postmortem identification (CAPMI) system was developed at the U.S army institute of dental research to facilitaterapid identification of human remains. The increasing requirement for dental based identification of high - energy fatalities and decomposed remains has dovetailed with the development of computer capabilities permitting automation of most of the highly repetitive chart-by-chart screenings characteristic of traditional identification taskings. This report summarizes the concepts upon which CAPMI is based. describes how it works, and reviews suggested applications and limitations. Capmi software is available to governmental, civic, or humanitarian at no cost (AU)

The computer - assisted postmortem identification (CAPMI) system : Sorting algorithm improvements

Refinements to the original computer - assisted postmortem identification (CAPMI) software algorithms and general data handling were suggested as a resultof observations made following the Gander plane crash of 1985. The presence of highly fragmented and scattered remains following most plane crashes suggested that changes to procedure might improve CAPMI performance for use in these types of disasters. A total of 162 ante - and postmortem dental records which had been used successfully to identify victims of the Gander disaster were coded for a anonymity and used for this investigation. Changes in data construction and management were made to CAPMI, according to concepts which were thought might improve system performance, and tested. Although most tested techniques improved CAPMI performance. The data suggested that replacement of "virgin" chartings with "data unknown" results in improved performance of CAPMI largely independent of other factors (AU)