TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Effects of re-heating tissue samples to core body temperature on high-velocity ballistic projectile-tissue interactions
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Humphrey, Caitlin
A1  - Henneberg, Maciej
A1  - Wachsberger, Christian
A1  - Maiden, Nicholas
A1  - Kumaratilake, Jaliya
SP  - 1466
EP  - 1471
VL  - 62
IS  - 6
N2  - Damage produced by high-speed projectiles on organic tissue will depend on the physical properties of the tissues. Conditioning organic tissue samples to human core body temperature (37°C) prior to conducting ballistic experiments enables their behavior to closely mimic that of living tissues. To minimize autolytic changes after death, the tissues are refrigerated soon after their removal from the body and re-heated to 37°C prior to testing. This research investigates whether heating 50-mm-cube samples of porcine liver, kidney, and heart to 37°C for varying durations (maximum 7 h) can affect the penetration response of a high-speed, steel sphere projectile. Longer conditioning times for heart and liver resulted in a slight loss of velocity/energy of the projectile, but the reverse effect occurred for the kidney. Possible reasons for these trends include autolytic changes causing softening (heart and liver) and dehydration causing an increase in density (kidney).<br><br>© 2017 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13473
ID  - ref1
ER  -