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The Optics of Bruising

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Forensic medicine is a field of medicine where technology plays an increasingly important role in securing and evaluating evidence in, for example, child abuse cases and cases of domestic violence. Methods from chemistry and biological sciences have found a wide application within forensic medicine. Optical technologies like microscopy are also widely used. Despite this, in vivo or post mortem optical diagnostics by spectroscopy have traditionally not had an important role in clinical or forensic examinations. Forensic medical optics as a field might include all kinds of optical analysis for use within forensic science. This includes everything from microscopic techniques to methods for examination of evidence from a crime scene. This chapter will, however, focus on the use of optical diagnostics for examining skin, with a focus on identification, characterization and age determination of minor traumatic injuries like skin bruises.

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Rolf Tore Randeberg, Rune Haaverstad, Jørgen Bru, Andreas Winnem, Henrik Gundersen, Bjørn Fossan Rasmussen, Sandra Blindheim.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Lise Lyngsnes Randeberg

  2. Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Bjørn Skallerud

  3. Forensic Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

    Neil E.I. Langlois

  4. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Olav Anton Haugen

  5. Department of Physical Electronics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Lars Othar Svaasand

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Randeberg, L.L., Skallerud, B., Langlois, N.E., Haugen, O.A., Svaasand, L.O. (2010). The Optics of Bruising. In: Welch, A., van Gemert, M. (eds) Optical-Thermal Response of Laser-Irradiated Tissue. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8831-4_22

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