Postmortem computed tomography as an adjunct to autopsy for analyzing fatal motor vehicle crash injuries: Results of a pilot study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 659-665

  Sochor, Mark R ^a,c   Trowbridge, Matthew J ^a   Boscak, Alexis ^a   Maino, John C ^b   Maio, Ronald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Biomechanics; Computed tomography; Injury prevention; Traffic crashes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; AORTIC LACERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FLAIL CHEST; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FRACTURE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIVER RUPTURE; LUNG CONTUSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SACROILEUM FRACTURE; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SKULL FRACTURE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LACERATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WHOLE BODY CT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INJURY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67650301835     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181238d66     Document Type: Article

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