Multidetectorcomputed tomography findings in deaths with severe burns

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-141

  Levy, Angela D ^a   Harcke, Howard T ^a,b   Getz, John M ^b   Mallak, Craig T ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Computed tomography; Fire; Thermal injury; Virtual autopsy

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE DESTRUCTION; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FIRE; FRACTURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETHALITY; MALE; MASS DISASTER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN DEFECT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VISCERA; BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BONE AND BONES; BURNS; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; FACE; FIRES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67849103475     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181879cc9     Document Type: Article

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