Fatal steamer accident; Blunt force injuries and drowning in post-mortem MSCT and MRI

Forensic Science International

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-71

  Aghayev, Emin ^a   Thali, Michael J ^a   Sonnenschein, Martin ^b   Hurlimann, Joachim ^c   Jackowski, Christian ^a   Kilchoer, Thomas ^a   Dirnhofer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Technical Office for Forensic Algology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Forensic radiology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rupture of aorta; Steamer accident; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BLOOD; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIATOM; DROWNING; DUODENUM; HUMAN; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STOMACH JUICE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 20444380020     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.02.034     Document Type: Article

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