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A Study to Identify the Manner of Death in Head Injury Using Classification Model


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1 Department of Computer Science, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan- 713104, India
2 Department of Forensic & State Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan- 713104, India
3 Department of Computer & Information Science, Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur-713206, India
     

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Head injury is the leading cause of death found at medico legal autopsy. This may be due to various mechanisms and thereby the nature of death in fatal head injury assumes utmost importance in forensic practice. It is often expected and hence required that a forensic pathologist apart from ascertaining the cause of death should indicate the nature of death. This has to be done on a sound scientific and objective manner as far as possible. There is need for an autopsy proven method to broadly classify the wounds into homicidal blows, accidental trauma and fall from height. The present investigation is designed to explore a classification model for identifying the nature of death from head injury.

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Principal Component Analysis, Classification, Head Injuries, Burdwan Medical College, Autopsy, Eigenvalues, Forensic, Skull.
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Authors

Sumanta Ray
Department of Computer Science, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan- 713104, India
Abhoy Chand Mondal
Department of Computer Science, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan- 713104, India
Parthapratim Mukhopadhyay
Department of Forensic & State Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan- 713104, India
Amartya Neogi
Department of Computer & Information Science, Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur-713206, India

Abstract


Head injury is the leading cause of death found at medico legal autopsy. This may be due to various mechanisms and thereby the nature of death in fatal head injury assumes utmost importance in forensic practice. It is often expected and hence required that a forensic pathologist apart from ascertaining the cause of death should indicate the nature of death. This has to be done on a sound scientific and objective manner as far as possible. There is need for an autopsy proven method to broadly classify the wounds into homicidal blows, accidental trauma and fall from height. The present investigation is designed to explore a classification model for identifying the nature of death from head injury.

Keywords


Principal Component Analysis, Classification, Head Injuries, Burdwan Medical College, Autopsy, Eigenvalues, Forensic, Skull.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24906/isc%2F2018%2Fv32%2Fi3%2F175441