Computerized tomography used as a routine procedure at postmortem investigations

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-222

  Leth, Peter Mygind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Computerized tomography; CT scanning; Forensic science; Imaging; Postmortem imagining

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTOXICATION; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEWBORN; TOXICOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549091773     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318187e0af     Document Type: Article

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