Is differentiation of frequently encountered foreign bodies in corpses possible by hounsfield density measurement?

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1119-1122

  Bolliger, Stephan A ^a   Oesterhelweg, Lars ^a   Spendlove, Danny ^a   Ross, Steffen ^a   Thali, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Foreign body detection; Forensic imaging; Forensic science; Hounsfield units; Multislice computed tomography; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CITICOLINE; COPPER; GLASS; GOLD; LIMESTONE; METAL; SILVER; STEEL;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOREIGN BODY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HOUNSFIELD DENSITY MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODENSITOMETRY; ROCK;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; FOREIGN BODIES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GLASS; GOLD; HUMANS; MINERALS; RADIOMETRY; SILVER; STEEL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZINC;

EID: 69649098336     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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