Three-dimensional reconstitution of bullet trajectory in gunshot wounds: A case report

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 407-410

  Puentes, Katerina ^a   Taveira, Francisco ^a   Madureira, António J ^b,c   Santos, Agostinho ^a,c   Magalhães, Teresa ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

3D MSCT; Bullet trajectory; Computed tomography; Gunshot wounds; Three dimensional reconstitution; Virtopsy ; Virtual autopsy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEG FRACTURE; LEG INJURY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; FORENSIC BALLISTICS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 69549088170     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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