The use of thoracolumbar and hip joint dysmorphism in identification

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 842-847

  Hulewicz, Bogdan ^a   Wilcher, Glenn W ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dysmorphism; Forensic radiology; Forensic science; Identification; Thoracolumbar

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HIP DISEASE; HIP DYSMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

EID: 0038049377     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002405     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. DiMaio DJ, DiMaio VJM. Deaths due to fire. in: forensic pathology. New York: Elsevier Science Pub Co Inc. 1989;332.
2. Kahana T, Hiss J. Identification of human remains: forensic radiology. J Clinical Forensic Med 1997;4.7-15 APS Pearson Professional Ltd 1997.
3. Valenzuela A. Radiographic comparison of the lumbar spine for positive identification of human remains. Am J Forensic Med Path 1997;18(2):215-7.
4. Kahana T, Ravioli JA, Urroz CL, Hiss J. Radiographic identification of fragmentary human remains from a mass disaster. Am J Forensic Med Path 1997;18(1):40-4.
5. Varga M, Takacs P. Radiographic personal identification with characteristic features in the hip joint. Am J Forensic Med Path 1991;12(4):328-31.
6. Sauer NJ, Brantley RE, Barondess DA. The effects of aging on the comparability of antemortem and postmortem radiographs. J Forensic Sci 1988;33(5):1223-31.