Forensic Microscopy for Skeletal Tissues

Methods and Protocols
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-61779-976-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 915, 269 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 732 g

Reihe: Methods in Molecular Biology

Forensic anthropology deals with human remains usually in the skeletonized form. The application of microscopy to skeletal tissues is well established and used routinely in biomedical science. Its adaptation to forensic questions is an increasing area of interest, and publications utilizing microscopy have increased in the scientific literature. In Forensic Microscopy for Skeletal Tissues: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers in the forensic, archeological and paleontological disciplines, and detail many of the methods which are now commonly used to study skeletal material. These methods include differing forms of light, confocal, scanning electron and transmission electron microscopy. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and key tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Authoritative and practical, Forensic Microscopy for Skeletal Tissues: Methods and Protocols bring together differing forms of microscopy that are used in association with forensic anthropology, or have relevance to questions concerning forensic anthropology.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bell, Lynne S

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Forensik, Rechtsmedizin, Gerichtsmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Bildgebende Verfahren, Nuklearmedizin, Strahlentherapie Radiologie, Bildgebende Verfahren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Scanning Electron Microscopy - Preparation and Imaging for SEM
Chris G Jones
2. Plastic Embedding and Polishing of Bone for Reflected Light and Electron Microscopy
A.H.J. Wighton, C. G. Jones & L. S. Bell
3. Preparation of Mineralised Tissue for Light Microscopy
Gail Valentine and Kim Piper
4. Bone Pathology
Kim Piper and Gail Valentine
5. A Histological Method That Can Be Used to Estimate the Time Taken to Form the Crown of a Permanent Tooth
M. Christopher Dean
6. The Determination of Age in Subadult from the Rib Cortical Microstructure
Margaret Streeter
7. Rib Histomorphometry for Adult Age Estimation
Christian Crowder, Jarred Heinrich, Sam D.  Stout
8. Age Estimation using Tooth Cementum Annulation
Ursula Wittwer-Backofen
9. Dental Topographic Analysis of the Molar Teeth of Primates
Zachary S. Klukkert, John C. Dennis, Francis M'Kirera, and Peter S. Ungar
10. Chemical Analyses of Fossil Bone
Wenxia Zheng and Mary Higby Schweitzer
11. Identifying Post Mortem Microstructural Change to Skeletal and Dental Tissues using Backscattered Electron Imaging
Lynne S. Bell
12. How to Approach Peri-Mortem Injury and Other Modification
Peter Andrews and Yolanda Fernández—Jalvo
13. Light Microscopy of Microfractures in Burned Bone
Christopher W. Schmidt and Rose Uhlig
14. A Preliminary Assessment of Using a White Light Confocal Imaging Profiler for Cut Mark Analysis
Christopher W. Schmidt, Christopher R. Moore, Randall Leifheit
15. Identification of Cooked Bone using TEM Imaging of Bone Collagen
Hannah E.C. Koon