Elena F. Kranioti
Assistant Professor, Medical School

FMU / Elena Kranioti, MD, PhD / Publications

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• Selected peer reviewed journal articles
  
• Selected contributions to books, conference proceedings and special volumes

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Selected peer reviewed journal articles

Bonicelli A, Zioupos P, Arnold E, Rogers KD, Xhemali B, Kranioti EF. Age related changes of rib cortical bone matrix and the application to forensic age-at-death estimation. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 22;11(1):2086. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-81342-0. PMID: 33483587; PMCID: PMC7822937.

Bonczarowska JH, McWhirter Z, Kranioti EF. Sexual dimorphism of the lateral angle: Is it really applicable in forensic sex estimation? Arch Oral Biol. 2021 Apr;124:105052. doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2021.105052. Epub 2021 Jan 23. PMID: 33515979.

Ekizoglu O, Hocaoglu E, Inci E, Karaman G, Garcia-Donas J, Kranioti E, Moghaddam N, Grabherr S. Virtual morphometric method using seven cervical vertebrae for sex estimation on the Turkish population. Int J Legal Med. 2021 Feb 5. doi: 10.1007/s00414-021-02510-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33544176.

de Boer HH, Obertová Z, Cunha E, Adalian P, Baccino E, Fracasso T, Kranioti E, Lefévre P, Lynnerup N, Petaros A, Ross A, Steyn M, Cattaneo C. Strengthening the role of forensic anthropology in personal identification: Position statement by the Board of the Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE). Forensic Sci Int. 2020

Er A, Unluturk O., Bozdag M, Doruk Basa C, Kacmaz IE, Oztop B, Cetinsel E, Kranioti EF, Ekizoglu O. Sex estimation of the scapula using 3D imaging in a modern Turkish population. Rechtsmedizin (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00194-020-00393-1

Kranioti EF, Michopoulou E, Tsiminikaki K, Bonicelli A, Kalochristianakis M, Xhemali B, Pained R, García-Donas RJ, Bone histomorphometry of the clavicle in a forensic sample from Albania, Forensic Science International

Taylor, Seth C and Kieser, D C and Hammer, N and Ondruschka, B and Kranioti, E and Pullen, A and Hooper, G, Viability of Bos taurus scapulae as a flat bone proxy for ballistic testing, BMJ Military Health, British Medical Journal Publishing Group, DOI 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2019-001369

Osipov, B, Alaica, AK, Pickard, C, Garcia-Donas, JG, Márquez‐Grant, N, Kranioti, EF. 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. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2020; 1– 25. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24062

McGivern H, Greenwood C, Márquez-Grant N, Kranioti EF, Xhemali B, Zioupos P. Age-Related Trends in the Trabecular Micro-Architecture of the Medial Clavicle: Is It of Use in Forensic Science?. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2020;7:467. Published 2020 Jan 22. doi:10.3389/fbioe.2019.00467

Kranioti EF, Grigorescu D, Harvati K. 2019, State of the art forensic techniques reveal evidence of interpersonal violence ca. 30,000 years ago. PLoS One. 3;14(7):e0216718. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216718. eCollection 2019.

Obertová Z, Adalian P, Baccino E, Cunha E, De Boer HH, Fracasso T, Kranioti E, Lefévre P, Lynnerup N, Petaros A, Ross A, Steyn M, Cattaneo C. 2019, The Status of Forensic Anthropology in Europe and South Africa: Results of the 2016 FASE Questionnaire on Forensic Anthropology.J Forensic Sci. 64(4):1017-1025 doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14016.

Cranial blunt force trauma in relation to the victim's position: An experimental study using polyurethane bone spheres. Ruchonnet A, Diehl M, Tang YH, Kranioti EF. Forensic Sci Int. 2019; 301:350-357. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.05.051.

Kranioti EF, Garcia-Donas JG, Karell MA, Cravo L, Ekizoglu O, Apostol M, Cunha E. Metric variation of the tibia in the Mediterranean: Implications in forensic identification Forensic Sci Int. 2019 ;299:223-228. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.03.044.

Bonczarowska JH, Bonicelli A, Papadomanolakis A, Kranioti EF. The posterior portion of the ilium as sex indicator: a validation study. Forensic Science International 294:216.e1-216.e6.

Ekizoglu O, Inci E, Ors S, Hocaoglu E, Ozgur Can I, Doruk Basa C, Eralp Kacmaz I, Kranioti EF. Forensic age diagnosis by Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the proximal humeral epiphysis. International Journal of Legal Medicine 2019;133(1):249-256

Ekizoglu O, Inci E, Ors S, Eralp Kacmaz I, Doruk Basa C, Ozgur Can I, Kranioti EF. Applicability of T1-weighted MRI in the assessment of forensic age based on the epiphyseal closure of the humeral head. International Journal of Legal Medicine 133(1):241-248.

Nikita E, Xanthopoulou P, Kranioti EF. An evaluation of Bayesian age estimation using the auricular surface in modern Greek material. Forensic Science International 2018:291(4):1-11

Kranioti EF, Garcia-Donas JG, Ozgur Can I, Ekizoglu O. Ancestry estimation based on cranial measurements: a custom made approach. Forensic Science International 2018:286: 265.e1-265.e8

Cameron S, Kranioti EF. Cranial trauma in handgun executions: Experimental Data Using Polyurethane Proxies. Forensic Science International 2018: 157-167

Kazzazi M, Kranioti EF. Applicability of 3D-dental reconstruction in cervical odontometrics. Am J Phys Anthropol 2017

Michopoulou E., Negre P., Nikita E., Kranioti EF. The auricular surface as age indicator in a modern Greek sample: a test of two qualitative methods. Forensic Sci Int 2017;280:246.e1-246.e7

Kazzazi M, Kranioti EF. A novel method for sex estimation using 3D computed tomography models of tooth roots: a volumetric analysis. Archives of Oral Biology 2017;83: 202-208

Ekizoglu O, Inci E, Figen Palabiyik B, Can IO, Er A, Mustafa Bozdag M, Kacmaz IE, Kranioti EF. Sex estimation in a contemporary Turkish population based on CT scans of the calcaneus. Forensic Sci Int 279 (2017) 310.e1-310.e6

García-Donas JG, Dalton A, Chaplin I, Kranioti EF. A revised method for the preparation of dry bone samples used in histological examination: five simple steps. HOMO 2017: 68(4):283-288

Bonicelli A, Xhemali B, Kranioti EF, Zioupos P. Rib biomechanical properties exhibit diagnostic potential for accurate ageing in forensic investigations. PLOS ONE 2017; 12(5): e0176785. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176785

Kranioti EF, Kastanaki A, Nathena D, Papadomanolakis A. Suicidal self-stabbing: a report of 12 cases from Crete, Greece. Med Sci Law 2017; 57(3): 124-129

Nathena D, Michopoulou E, Kranioti EF. Sexual dimorphism of the calcaneus in contemporary Cretans. Forensic Sci Int 2017; 277:260.e1-260.e8.

García-Donas JG, Ekizoglu O, Er A, Bozdag M, Akcaoglu M; Can I, Kranioti EF. Accuracy and reliability of southern European standards for the tibia: a test of two Mediterranean populations. Forensic Sci Criminol 2017;2(1):3-5.

Kazzazi SM, Kranioti EF. Odontometric analysis of sexual dimorphism in permanent maxillary and mandibular molars. J Forensic Sci Criminol 2017;5(1): 10

Kranioti EF, Langstaff H, García-Donas J, Almeida Prado PS. Sex estimation of the Tibia in Greek-Cypriots and Cretans: forensic applications. Forensic Sci Int. 2017; 129.e1–129.e7

Papaioannou VA, Kranioti EF, Joveneaux P, Nathena D, Michalodimitrakis M.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]. Forensic Sci Int. 2017 Jan;270:183.

Ekizoglu O, Er A, Bozdag M, Akcaoglu M; Can I, García-Donas JG, Kranioti EF. Sex estimation of the tibia in modern Turkish: a Computed Tomography study. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2016; 23:89-94

Karell MA, Langstaff H, Halazonetis DJ, Minghetti C, Frelat M, Kranioti EF. A Novel Method for Pair-matching Using Three-dimensional Digital Models of Bone: Mesh-to-mesh Value Comparison. Int J Leg Med 2016; 130(5):1315-22.

Uhl A, Reyes-Centeno H, Grigorescu D., Kranioti EF, Harvati K. Inner ear morphology of the Cioclovina early modern European calvaria from Romania Am J Phys Anthropol 2016:160(1):62-70.

Garcia-Donas JG, Dyke J, Paine RR, Nathena D, Kranioti EF Accuracy and sampling error of two age estimation techniques using rib histomorphometry on a modern sample. J Forensic Leg Med 2015:25;38:28-35.

Nathena D, Gambaro L, Tzanakis N, Michalodimitrakis M, Kranioti EF. Sexual dimorphism of the metacarpals in contemporary Cretans: Are there differences with mainland Greeks? Forensic Sci Int 2015;257: 515.e1–515.e8

Kranioti EF, Apostol M, Sexual dimorphism of the tibia in contemporary Greeks, Italians and Spanish: forensic implications. Int J Legal Med 2015;129(2):357-63.

Branas CC, Kastanaki AE, Michalodimitrakis M, Tzougas J, Kranioti EF, Theodorakis PN, Carr BG, Wiebe DJ. The impact of economic austerity and prosperity events on suicide in Greece: a 30-year interrupted time-series analysis. BMJ Open 2015 2;5(1):e005619.

Kranioti EF, García-Donas JG, Langstaff H. Sex estimation of the Greek mandible with the aid of discriminant function analysis and posterior probabilities. Rom J Leg Med 2014: 22(2)101-104

Osipov, B, Harvati K, Nathena D, Spanakis K, Karantanas A, Kranioti EF. Sexual dimorphism of the bony labyrinth: An age-independent sex estimation method. Am J Phys Anthropol 2013;151(2):290-301.

Fleming-Farrell D, Michailidis K, Karantanas A, Roberts N, Kranioti EF. Virtual Assessment of Perimortem and Postmortem Blunt Force Cranial Trauma. Forensic Sci Int 2013:10;229(1-3):162.e1-6.

Dulohery K, Papavdi A, Michalodimitrakis M, Kranioti EF. Evaluation of coronary stenosis with the aid of quantitative image analysis in histological cross sections. J Forensic Leg Med 2012: 19(8):485-9

Papaioannou V, Joveneaux P, Nathena D, Kranioti EF, Michalodimitrakis M. Sexual dimorphism of the scapula and the clavicle in modern Greeks. Forensic Sci Int 2012; 217(1-3): 231.e1–.e7.

Kranioti EF, Paine R. Forensic Anthropology in Europe: an assessment of current status and application. J Anthropol Sci 2011:89:71-92.

Kranioti EF, Holloway, R, Senck, S, Tudor Ciprut, T., Grigorescu, D., Harvati, K. A virtual assessment of the endocranial morphology of the early modern European fossil calvarium from Cioclovina, Romania. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2011;294(7):1083-92.

Kranioti EF, Nathena D, Michalodimitrakis M. Sex estimation of the Cretan humerus: A digital radiometric study. Int J Legal Med. 2011 Sep;125(5):659-67

Kastanaki A, Kraniotis CF, Kranioti EF, Theodorakis P, Michalodimitrakis M. Suicide by pesticide poisoning: findings from the island of Crete, Greece. Crisis 2010;31(6):328-34

Kastanaki A, Kranioti EF, Papavdi A., Theodorakis P, Michalodimitrakis M. Suicides by firearms in the island of Crete. Crisis 2010:31(1):43-52.

Kranioti EF, Rosas A, García-Vargas S, Estalrrich A., Bastir M, Peña-Melián A. Remodeling patterns of the human occipital bone: A preliminary report. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2009; 292(11):1764-70.

Kranioti EF, Vorniotakis N, Galiatsou C, İşcan MY, Michalodimitrakis M. Sex identification and software development using femoral radiographs. Forensic Sci Int 2009; 189(1-3):113.e1-7

Kranioti EF, Bastir M, Sánchez-Meseguer A, Rosas A. The application of geometric-morphometrics in sex identification of the humerus for forensic purposes. Forensic Sci Int. 2009; 189(1-3):111.e1-8.

Kranioti EF, Michalodimitrakis M. Sexual dimorphism of the humerus in contemporary Cretans: A Population-Specific Study and a Review of the Literature. J Forensic Sci 2009:54(5):996-1000.

Psilopanagioti A; Papadaki H, Kranioti EF; Alexandrides TK; Varakis N. Expression of adiponectin and adiponectin receptors in human pituitary and brain. Neuroendocrinology 2009;89(1):38-47

Kranioti EF, İşcan MY, Michalodimitrakis M. Craniometric analysis of the modern Cretans. Forensic Sci Int 2008;180 (2-3):110.e1-5.

Contributions to books, conference proceedings and special volumes

Kranioti EF, Tsiatis N, Frandson K, Stefanidou M, Moraitis K. Virtual Trauma Analysis of the Nineteenth-Century Severed Head of the Greek Outlaw Stavrou. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021;1317:35-51. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-61125-5_3. PMID: 33945131.

Acuff AS, Karell MA, Spanakis KE, Kranioti EF. Pair-Matching Digital 3D Models of Temporomandibular Fragments Using Mesh-To-Mesh Value Comparison and Implications for Commingled Human Remain Assemblages. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021;1317:1-16. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-61125-5_1. PMID: 33945129.

Vidakis N, Petousis M, Nathena D, Kranioti EF, Manios A. Forensic Recreation and Visual Representation of Greek Orthodox Church Saint Eftychios of Crete. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021;1317:17-33. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-61125-5_2. PMID: 33945130.

M. Sifakis, M. Kalochristianakis, J. G. Garcia-Donas, O. Ekizoglu, E. F. Kranioti, "Frequentist's approach to data analysis and Interpretation in Forensic Anthropology", Statistics and Probability in Athropology, Elsevier 2020

Nikita E, García-Donas JG, Nikitas P, Obertová Z, Kranioti EF. Chapter 4.1 - Sex estimation using nonmetric variables: Application of R functions. In: Obertová Z, Stewart A, Cattaneo CBT-S and P in FA, editors., Academic Press; 2020, p. 139–53.

Tsiminikaki K, Karell MA, Nathena D, Halazonetis D, Spanakis K, Kranioti EF. Three-Dimensional Geometry of Phalanges as a Proxy for Pair-Matching: Mesh Comparison Using an ICP Algorithm. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019;1205:55–69. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-31904-5_4

Somos CP, Rea PM, Shankland S, Kranioti EF. Medical Imaging and Facial Soft Tissue Thickness Studies for Forensic Craniofacial Approximation: A Pilot Study on Modern Cretans. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019; 1138:71–86. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14227-8_6

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