Unit of Forensic Imaging and Anthropology
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The Unit of Forensic Imaging and Anthropolog is part of the Foresnisc Medicine and Imaging Section (SMIF)
Main tasks
- The UIAF performs at the request of the judicial authorities forensic imaging investigations, a technique that includes methods for acquiring and restoring images of the human body taking advantage of various techniques of imaging (e.g. CT-scan and MRI). Imaging investigations precede and complement the autopsy. Imaging techniques have the advantage of being non-destructive and the acquired data can be stored and reviewed later on.
- Postmortem angio-CT is a minimally invasive imaging method that allows to investigate the details of the vascular system that can't be achieved with a conventional autopsy. This examination requires the administration of a contrast agent with an infusion pump. CT angiography enables the detection of a source of bleeding, a malformation of the network of blood vessels, arteriosclerosis lesions, occlusion of a vessel and the visualization of the vascular anatomy.
- 3D documentation which allows reconstruction by virtual 3D modelling and 3D morphometric comparisons between the lesions and the suspected objects of causing the lesions.
- Forensic anthropology uses scientific techniques borrowed to classical anthropology to identify decomposed remains of the human skeleton to determine the nature of the person (age, sex, height, etc.), to try to reconstitute his/her best possible physical appearance to help forensic pathologists to determine the manner of death (accident, homicide or natural death) and contribute to the elucidation of a crime.
- For enquiries, please contact our secretary : Melissa Jotterand
Field of activity
The main fields of activity deal with postmortem investigation, clinical expertise and expertise on record. The UIAF also provides teaching and training to under-graduate and post-graduate students and also in continuing education. A wide variety of professions may be interestedv: medical doctors, pathologists, scientists, paramedics, judges, lawyers, police,...). The UIAF develops innovative research programmes in the field of forensic imaging.
Staff
- The activities of the UIAF at the Geneva and Lausanne sites are carried out under the responsibility of Prof. Dr. Tony Fracasso. The unit is composed of forensic doctors, radiologists, anthropologists, radiographers, secretaries and engineers specialised in 3D surface scanning.
| UIAF |
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|---|---|
| Staff | |
| Head of the unit | Tony Fracasso |
| Forensic pathologist |
Coraline Egger (GE) Pia Genet (LS) |
| Radiologist | |
| Medical trainee |
Frédérique Thicot (GE) |
| TRM | Alejandro Dominguez (LS) |
| Christine Bruguier (LS) | |
| André Guerra (LS) | |
| Ruben Soto (LS & GE) | |
| Sami Schranz (GE) | |
| Francesca Versili (GE) | |
| Valerie Frossard (LS & GE) | |
| Engineer, 3D surface scanning specialist |
Lorenzo Campana |
| Stella Fahrni | |
| Anthropologist | |
| Ballistics expert | Fabiano Riva |
| Secretary |
Melissa Jotterand (LS) |
| Consulting doctors |
external radiologists |
The UIAF also welcomes interns and visiting researchers for varying periods of time, including students (medical, anthropology, radiographer), foreign doctors, post-graduate anthropologists, radiographers who wish to specialise in forensic imaging.
Equipments
Site Lausanne:
- Radiological imaging equipments (Mobile device Agfa DX-D100, CT-Scan (GE HealthCare CT Discovery HD 750, 64-rows)
- Virtangio machine (Postmortem injector)
- 3D surface scanner GOM ATOS Compact Scan M5 (Camera MV150 et MV300)
- Two handheld 3D surface scanner CREAFORM Go!SCAN 50 et Go!SCAN 20.
- MRI Philips Ingenia CX 1,5T.
- 3D Printer (3D-Systems ZPrinter 150, 3D-Systems Projet 3510 SD)
Site Geneva:
- Radiological imaging equipments (Mobile device Agfa DX-D100, CT-Scan (GE HealthCare LightSpeed VCT 64 barrettes)
- Virtangio machine (Postmortem injector)
- Two handheld 3D surface scanner CREAFORM Go!SCAN 50 et Go!SCAN 20.
- 3D Printer (3D-Systems ZPrinter 150)