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  1. Best practice for forensic anthropology reporting: a statement by the Board of the Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE)

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, July 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hans H. de Boer, Dr Elena F Kranioti

  2. Stature estimation in contemporary Turkish population: A CT study of lower limb long bones

    Article • Archives of Legal Medicine, June 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  3. An evaluation of forensic casework in Greece: the impact of migration on the medicolegal system and a call for systematic decedent accounting for case resolution

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, April 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  4. A novel landmark-based morphometric approach for sequencing typical thoracic vertebrae

    Article • Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  5. Multifaceted Preprocessing Optimization for Post-Mortem Radiomics Analysis: A Pilot Study on Forensic Age Estimation Using Proximal Femur Radiomics

    Article • Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  6. Estimation liver radiomics from postmortem CT: Development of interpretable models for postmortem interval estimation

    Article • Physica Medica, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  7. CT-assisted age estimation from the medial clavicular epiphysis in the Greek population according to Schmeling and Kellinghaus classification

    Article • Legal Medicine, March 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  8. Cytokeratin 18 as a Novel Biomarker in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Article • Cells, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  9. Still waters run deep: a unique case of mummification under extreme conditions

    Article • Forensic Sciences Research, July 2024, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  10. Age estimation based on the metamorphosis of the clavicle end: A test of Falys and Prangle method in two contemporary samples

    Article • Legal Medicine, March 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  11. Age assessment in unaccompanied minors: assessing uniformity of protocols across Europe

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hans H. de Boer, Dr Elena F Kranioti

  12. Improving Image Resolution in Microcomputed Tomography Data of Tarsal Bones Using Super-Resolution

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  13. Post-mortem CT in the investigation of homicides

    Article • Clinical Radiology, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  14. Human bony labyrinth as a sex indicator in subadults

    Article • Legal Medicine, July 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  15. Post-mortem CT radiomics for the prediction of time since death

    Article • European Radiology, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  16. Automatic Segmentation of Osteonal Microstructure in Human Cortical Bone Using Deep Learning: A Proof of Concept

    Article • Biology, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  17. IPPASOS: The first digital forensic information system in Greece

    Article • Health Information Management Journal, February 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  18. Sexing the sternal rib end in modern Greeks: A virtual osteometric approach using high-resolution 3D surface models

    Article • HOMO, November 2022, Schweizerbart

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  19. Estimation of Age-at-Death Using Cortical Bone Histomorphometry of the Rib and Femur: A Validation Study on a British Population

    Article • Biology, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  20. Ancestry Estimation: Advances and Limitations in Forensic Applications

    Article • Research and Reports in Forensic Medical Science, June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  21. Age estimation for two Mediterranean populations: rib histomorphometry applied to forensic identification and bone remodelling research

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  22. Reconstruction of Greek population diet from Neolithic period to modern times

    Article • American Journal of Biological Anthropology, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  23. Assessing bone maturity: Compositional and mechanical properties of rib cortical bone at different ages

    Article • Bone, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  24. Ballistic trauma caused by military rifles: experimental study based on synthetic skull proxies

    Article • Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  25. Estimation of Stature from Tibia Length for Romanian Adult Population

    Article • Applied Sciences, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  26. Exploring the Functionality of Mesh-to-Mesh Value Comparison in Pair-Matching and Its Application to Fragmentary Remains

    Article • Biology, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  27. Frontal sinus as an identity and sex indicator

    Article • Morphologie, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  28. Technical Note: The Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE) Map of Identified Osteological Collections

    Article • Forensic Science International, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Hans H. de Boer, Dr Elena F Kranioti

  29. Postnatal changes of the human bony labyrinth morphology

    Article • HOMO, September 2021, Schweizerbart

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  30. Sex estimation in a Turkish population using Purkait’s triangle: a virtual approach by 3-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT)

    Article • Forensic Sciences Research, April 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  31. Sexual dimorphism of the lateral angle: Is it really applicable in forensic sex estimation?

    Article • Archives of Oral Biology, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  32. Rib histomorphometry: A reliability and validation study with a critical review of histological techniques for forensic age estimation

    Article • Legal Medicine, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  33. Virtual morphometric method using seven cervical vertebrae for sex estimation on the Turkish population

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  34. Age related changes of rib cortical bone matrix and the application to forensic age-at-death estimation

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  35. Unenhanced PMCT in the diagnosis of fatal traumatic brain injury in a charred body

    Article • Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  36. Forensic Recreation and Visual Representation of Greek Orthodox Church Saint Eftychios of Crete

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  37. Pair-Matching Digital 3D Models of Temporomandibular Fragments Using Mesh-To-Mesh Value Comparison and Implications for Commingled Human Remain Assemblages

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  38. Virtual Trauma Analysis of the Nineteenth-Century Severed Head of the Greek Outlaw Stavrou

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  39. Cioclovina fractures: Reply to Soficaru and Trinkaus: Perimortem versus postmortem damage: The recent case of Cioclovina 1, Am J Phys Anthropol 2020 172, 135–139

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, December 2020, Wiley

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  40. Polyphonic Murders: A holographic biography of trauma

    Article • Translational Research in Anatomy, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  41. Strengthening the role of forensic anthropology in personal identification: Position statement by the Board of the Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE)

    Article • Forensic Science International, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Hans H. de Boer, Dr Elena F Kranioti

  42. Testing interobserver and intraobserver agreement of the original and revised Coimbra Methods

    Article • International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, August 2020, Wiley

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  43. Bone histomorphometry of the clavicle in a forensic sample from Albania

    Article • Forensic Science International, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  44. Sex estimation in a modern Turkish population using the clavicle: a computed tomography study

    Article • Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  45. Sex estimation of the scapula using 3D imaging in a modern Turkish population

    Article • Rechtsmedizin, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  46. Viability of Bos taurus scapulae as a flat bone proxy for ballistic testing

    Article • BMJ Military Health, May 2020, BMJ

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  47. The effect of diet and sociopolitical change on physiological stress and behavior in late Roman‐Early Byzantine (300–700 AD ) and Islamic (902–1,235 AD ) populations from Ibiza, Spain

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  48. Age-Related Trends in the Trabecular Micro-Architecture of the Medial Clavicle: Is It of Use in Forensic Science?

    Article • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, January 2020, Frontiers

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  49. State of the art forensic techniques reveal evidence of interpersonal violence ca. 30,000 years ago

    Article • PLOS One, July 2019, PLOS

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  50. Bone-mineral density: clinical significance, methods of quantification and forensic applications

    Article • Research and Reports in Forensic Medical Science, July 2019, Dove Medical Press

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  51. Cranial blunt force trauma in relation to the victim’s position: An experimental study using polyurethane bone spheres

    Article • Forensic Science International, June 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  52. Establishment of a Greek Food Database for Palaeodiet Reconstruction: Case Study of Human and Fauna Remains from Neolithic to Late Bronze Age from Greece

    Article • Geosciences, April 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  53. Metric variation of the tibia in the Mediterranean: implications in forensic identification

    Article • Forensic Science International, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  54. The Status of Forensic Anthropology in Europe and South Africa: Results of the 2016 FASE Questionnaire on Forensic Anthropology

    Article • Journal of Forensic Sciences, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Elena F Kranioti, Dr Hans H. de Boer

  55. Sex estimation of os coxae using DSP2 software: A validation study of a Greek sample

    Article • Forensic Science International, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  56. The posterior portion of the ilium as a sex indicator: A validation study

    Article • Forensic Science International, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  57. Medical Imaging and Facial Soft Tissue Thickness Studies for Forensic Craniofacial Approximation: A Pilot Study on Modern Cretans

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  58. Three-Dimensional Geometry of Phalanges as a Proxy for Pair-Matching: Mesh Comparison Using an ICP Algorithm

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  59. Forensic age diagnostics by magnetic resonance imaging of the proximal humeral epiphysis

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  60. An evaluation of Bayesian age estimation using the auricular surface in modern Greek material

    Article • Forensic Science International, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  61. Isotopic Composition of Spring Water in Greece: Spring Waters Isoscapes

    Article • Geosciences, June 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  62. Variability along the frontier: stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio analysis of human remains from the Late Roman–Early Byzantine cemetery site of Joan Planells, Ibiza, Spain

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  63. Applicability of T1-weighted MRI in the assessment of forensic age based on the epiphyseal closure of the humeral head

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  64. Ancestry estimation of three Mediterranean populations based on cranial metrics

    Article • Forensic Science International, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  65. Cranial trauma in handgun executions: Experimental data using polyurethane proxies

    Article • Forensic Science International, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  66. Applicability of 3D-dental reconstruction in cervical odontometrics

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  67. The auricular surface as age indicator in a modern Greek sample: A test of two qualitative methods

    Article • Forensic Science International, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  68. A novel method for sex estimation using 3D computed tomography models of tooth roots: A volumetric analysis

    Article • Archives of Oral Biology, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  69. Sex estimation in a contemporary Turkish population based on CT scans of the calcaneus

    Article • Forensic Science International, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  70. A revised method for the preparation of dry bone samples used in histological examination: Five simple steps

    Article • HOMO, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  71. Sexual dimorphism of the calcaneus in contemporary Cretans

    Article • Forensic Science International, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  72. Suicidal self-stabbing: A report of 12 cases from Crete, Greece

    Article • Medicine Science and the Law, June 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  73. Isotopic evidence for dietary diversity at the mediaeval Islamic necropolis of Can Fonoll (10th to 13th centuries CE), Ibiza, Spain

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  74. Radiometry versus osteometry in sex assessment: a study of the Cretan radius

    Article • Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, May 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  75. Rib biomechanical properties exhibit diagnostic potential for accurate ageing in forensic investigations

    Article • PLOS One, May 2017, PLOS

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  76. Sexual dimorphism of the tibia in contemporary Greek-Cypriots and Cretans: Forensic applications

    Article • Forensic Science International, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  77. Corrigendum to “Sexual dimorphism of the scapula and the clavicle in a contemporary Greek population: Applications in forensic identification” [Forensic Sci. Int. 217 (2012) 231.e1–231.e7]

    Article • Forensic Science International, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  78. Erratum to: Sexual dimorphism of the tibia in contemporary Greeks, Italians, and Spanish: forensic implications

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  79. Sex estimation of the tibia in modern Turkish: A computed tomography study

    Article • Legal Medicine, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  80. Lethal BCG-osis, in the context of superficial urothelial bladder carcinoma, diagnosed in autopsy

    Article • Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  81. PMCT investigation of mummified forensic evidence from medieval Germany

    Article • Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  82. Sex estimation using cervical dental measurements in an archaeological population from Iran

    Article • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  83. Os parietale partitum: Exploring the prevalence of this trait in four contemporary populations

    Article • HOMO, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  84. History, research and practice of forensic anthropology in Thailand

    Article • Forensic Science International, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  85. A novel method for pair-matching using three-dimensional digital models of bone: mesh-to-mesh value comparison

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  86. Accuracy and sampling error of two age estimation techniques using rib histomorphometry on a modern sample

    Article • Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  87. Inner ear morphology of the cioclovina early modern European calvaria from Romania

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr Elena F Kranioti, Hugo Reyes-Centeno

  88. Sexual dimorphism of the metacarpals in contemporary Cretans: Are there differences with mainland Greeks?

    Article • Forensic Science International, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  89. Forensic investigation of cranial injuries due to blunt force trauma: current best practice

    Article • Research and Reports in Forensic Medical Science, October 2015, Dove Medical Press

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  90. Northern outpost of the Caliphate: maintaining military forces in a hostile environment (the Dariali Gorge in the Central Caucasus in Georgia)

    Article • Antiquity, August 2015, Antiquity Publications

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  91. Advanced Bronchogenic Carcinoma Presented as Cardiac Tamponade

    Article • American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, March 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  92. The impact of economic austerity and prosperity events on suicide in Greece: a 30-year interrupted time-series analysis

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2015, BMJ

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  93. Sexual dimorphism of the tibia in contemporary Greeks, Italians, and Spanish: forensic implications

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  94. Sex estimation of the Greek mandible with the aid of discriminant function analysis and posterior probabilities

    Article • Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine, June 2014, Romanian Society of Legal Medicine

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  95. Nitrogen–Plastic Bag Suicide

    Article • American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, December 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  96. Virtual assessment of perimortem and postmortem blunt force cranial trauma

    Article • Forensic Science International, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  97. Sexual dimorphism of the bony labyrinth: A new age-independent method

    Article • American Journal of Physical Anthropology, May 2013, Wiley

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  98. Evaluation of coronary stenosis with the aid of quantitative image analysis in histological cross sections

    Article • Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  99. Fatal hypernatraemia after laparoscopic treatment of hydatid liver cyst: Medical and legal concerns of a rare complication

    Article • Forensic Science International, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  100. Sexual dimorphism of the scapula and the clavicle in a contemporary Greek population: Applications in forensic identification

    Article • Forensic Science International, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  101. Les Néandertaliens d’El Sidrón (Asturies, Espagne). Actualisation d’un nouvel échantillon

    Article • L Anthropologie, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  102. Sudden Unexpected Death From Oligodendroglioma

    Article • American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, December 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  103. Virtual Assessment of the Endocranial Morphology of the Early Modern European Fossil Calvaria From Cioclovina, Romania

    Article • The Anatomical Record, June 2011, Wiley

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  104. Suicide by Pesticide Poisoning

    Article • Crisis, November 2010, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Dr. Anastasia Kastanaki, Dr Elena F Kranioti

  105. Sex estimation of the Cretan humerus: a digital radiometric study

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  106. Suicide by Firearms on the Island of Crete

    Article • Crisis, January 2010, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  107. Patterns of cuicide in cretan women

    Article • January 2010, Coimbra University Press

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  108. Remodeling Patterns of Occipital Growth: A Preliminary Report

    Article • The Anatomical Record, November 2009, Wiley

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  109. Sexual Dimorphism of the Humerus in Contemporary Cretans-A Population-Specific Study and a Review of the Literature

    Article • Journal of Forensic Sciences, September 2009, Wiley

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  110. A geometric-morphometric study of the cretan humerus for sex identification

    Article • Forensic Science International, August 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  111. Sex identification and software development using digital femoral head radiographs

    Article • Forensic Science International, August 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  112. An Unusual Suicide Inside a Grave with Two Gunshot Wounds to the Head-The Psychological Approach

    Article • Journal of Forensic Sciences, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  113. Analysis of ante mortem trauma in three modern skeletal populations

    Article • International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, January 2009, Wiley

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  114. Craniometric analysis of the modern Cretan population

    Article • Forensic Science International, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  115. Expression of Adiponectin and Adiponectin Receptors in Human Pituitary Gland and Brain

    Article • Neuroendocrinology, August 2008, Karger Publishers

    Dr Elena F Kranioti

  116. Lethal self administration of propofol (Diprivan)

    Article • Forensic Science International, March 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Elena F Kranioti