Postmortem computed tomography in victims of military air Mishaps: Radiological-Pathological correlation of CT findings

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 699-702

  Levy, Gad ^a,c   Goldstein, Liav ^a   Blachar, Arye ^c   Apter, Sara ^b   Barenboim, Erez ^a   Bar Dayan, Yaron ^a   Shamis, Ari ^a   Atar, Eli ^d  

^a ISRAELI AIR FORCE   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Aviation; Computed tomography; Postmortem; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACE FRACTURE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; ORGAN INJURY; RIB FRACTURE; SKULL FRACTURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AIRCRAFT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NECK INJURIES; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35748967903     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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