Forensic pathological aspects of postmorten imaging of gunshot injury to the head: Documentation and biometric data

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 570-580

  Oehmichen, M ^a   Gehl, H B ^a   Meissner, C ^a   Petersen, D ^a   Hoche W ^b   Gerling, I ^a   Konig H G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Department of General Surgery   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; CT scan; Gunshot; Magnetic resonance imaging; Skull

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOMETRY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FIREARM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEAD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BIOMETRY; BRAIN INJURIES; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEAD; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0038451601     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-003-0683-4     Document Type: Article

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