Research result recording of forensic histological examination course in Russia

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Microscopy is the main research method during forensic histological examinations. Section images obtained using microscopy in the form of a mental image are stored in the memory of a forensic histologist. In addition, visual information is sketched, described, or recorded using photography and videography. Aims: This study aimed to identify recording microscopy result features in the case of forensic histological examination in Russia at present and its development prospects in the future. Research material included conclusions of an expert (specialist) of state forensic medical institutions in Russia. Methods used to study the material were as follows: comparative-historical analysis, microscopic, thanatogenetic analysis, microphotography, and histological section description. The authors analyzed two methods of recording of microscopy results in detail, which are frequently used in forensic histological examinations at present in Russia. The article reflects historical, legal, and forensic aspects, as well as some unresolved problems of recording information obtained during forensic histological research. The authors also express their opinion about the use of computer vision of histological section microscopy in the near future, as a supplement but not the opposite of biological vision.

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Dmitriy V. Bogomolov

Russian Centre of Forensic Medical Expertise; Research Institute of Human Morphology

Email: usicc@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9111-8623
SPIN-code: 2777-2674

MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.)

Russian Federation, 8, Miklukho-Maklaya street, Moscow, 117198; Moscow

Vladimir A. Putintsev

Russian Centre of Forensic Medical Expertise; Research Institute of Human Morphology

Email: pv963@rambler.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0948-0496
SPIN-code: 9419-5554

MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.)

Russian Federation, 8, Miklukho-Maklaya street, Moscow, 117198; Moscow

Dmitriy V. Sundukov

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Email: sundukov_dv@rudn.university
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8173-8944
SPIN-code: 2968-7961

MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.)

Russian Federation, 8, Miklukho-Maklaya street, Moscow, 117198

Olga L. Romanova

Research Institute of Human Morphology; Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Author for correspondence.
Email: olgpharm@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6356-9251
SPIN-code: 6727-9170

Cand. Sci. (Biol.)

Russian Federation, 8, Miklukho-Maklaya street, Moscow, 117198; Moscow

Ascold V. Smirnov

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Email: ascold20@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6017-5310
SPIN-code: 8821-7740
Russian Federation, 8, Miklukho-Maklaya street, Moscow, 117198

Pavel G. Dzhuvalyakov

Research Institute of Human Morphology

Email: fred197490@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1709-2418
SPIN-code: 5925-7780

MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.)

Russian Federation, 8, Miklukho-Maklaya street, Moscow, 117198

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2. Fig. 1. Myocardium: 1 — fiber of the muscle syncytium of the heart; 2 — insert plate; 3 — the nucleus of the muscle syncytium; 4 — sarcoplasm; 5 — blood vessel. Staining with trioxyhematein. Magnification: lens 40, eyepiece 15.

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3. Fig. 2a. To the № 00/00 expert’s conclusion

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4. Fig. 2b. To the № 00/00 expert’s conclusion

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5. Fig. 3. Embolism by foreign masses in the lung vessels, spherical inclusions — finely granulated foreign bodies of MMA-cement used in hip arthroplasty. IHC for fibrinogen. Magnification 100x.

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