MURFREESBORO — New
science-based standards for identifying human remains based on X-rays are the
subject of the next “MTSU On the Record” radio program.
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Alicja Lanfear, a lecturer
in the MTSU Department of Biology, will air from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, May 23,
and from 8 to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, May 29, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and www.wmot.org).
With Ann Ross, an anthropologist at North Carolina State
University, Lanfear established a standard system of assessing X-rays taken
both before and after death for helping to establish the identities of human
remains.
The standards will allow experts to determine the
probabilities for correct identification. The researchers used evaluations of
the side of the skull, the spine and the upper leg, since these skeletal
regions are among the most frequently X-rayed in a clinical setting.
“One of the long end-term goals of this project is to have a
well-defined set of point-by-point comparisons that can be made by any practitioner
regardless of skill set and availability of real expertise in the matter,”
Lanfear said.
Lanfear and Ross’ study was published in the American
Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology.
To hear previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to http://bit.ly/mtsu-otr.
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or
WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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