New identification possibilities with postmortem multislice computed tomography

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 507-510

  Dedouit, Fabrice ^a   Telmon, Norbert ^a   Costagliola, Rémi ^a   Otal, Philippe ^a   Florence, Loubes Lacroix ^a   Joffre, Francis ^a   Rougé, Daniel ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Identification; Postmortem multislice computed tomography; Radiology; Thanatology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; THANATOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 35348846517     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0200-8     Document Type: Article

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