Maximum intensity projection of cranial computed tomography data for dental identification

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-167

  Jackowski, C ^a   Aghayev, E ^a   Sonnenschein, M ^b   Dirnhofer, R ^a   Thali, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Sonnenhof Spital AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dental identification; Forensic radiology; Forensic science; Maximum intensity projection (MIP)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

BURNS; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645801797     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0050-1     Document Type: Article

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