Estimation of time of death with a fourier series unsteady-state heat transfer model

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1481-1487

  Smart, Jimmy L ^a  

^a University of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature after death; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Fourier series heat transfer model; Postmortem cooling curve; Temperature plateau; Time of death; Unsteady state heat transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CADAVER; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FORENSIC MEDICINE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 78149344240     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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