Incidence of auditory ossicle luxation and petrous bone fractures detected in post-mortem multislice computed tomography (MSCT)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 60-66

  Hollinger, A ^a   Christe, A ^a   Thali, M J ^a   Kneubuehl, B P ^a   Oesterhelweg, L ^a   Ross, S ^a   Spendlove, D ^a   Bolliger, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auditory ossicle luxation; MSCT; Petrous bone fracture; Post mortem imaging; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE LESION; CADAVER; CHILD; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISLOCATION; ENERGY; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PETROUS BONE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 58149142947     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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