Application of compact ultrasound imaging device to postmortem diagnosis

Forensic Science International

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-41

  Uchigasaki, S ^a,b,c   Oesterhelweg, L ^a   Gehl, A ^a   Sperhake, J P ^a   Puschel K ^a   Oshida, S ^c   Nemoto, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Postmortem imaging diagnosis; Sonography; Technical equipment; Ultrasound imaging device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0842326444     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.11.029     Document Type: Article

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