Determination of post-mortem interval using in situ tissue optical fluorescence

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 8185-8192

  Estracanholli, Éverton Sérgio ^a   Kurachi, Cristina ^a   Vicente, José Renato ^a   De Menezes, Priscila Fernanda Campos ^a   Júnior, Orlando Castro E Silva ^a   Bagnato, Vanderlei Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE;

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; FORENSIC MEDICINE; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; OPTICAL FLUORESCENCE; POST MORTEM INTERVALS; TIME DEPENDENT VARIATIONS;

FLUORESCENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FLUORESCENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAT; SPECTROSCOPY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENCE; MALE; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 66449108003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008185     Document Type: Article

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