Fimag: The United Kingdom disaster victim/forensic identification imaging system

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1438-1442

  Rutty, Guy N ^a   Robinson, Claire ^b   Morgan, Bruno ^b   Black, Sue ^c   Adams, Catherine ^d   Webster, Philip ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d Cardiff Medicentre   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Computed tomography; Fimag; Forensic science; Mass fatality; MSCT; Odontology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIMAG; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MASS DISASTER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE; TELEMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350504282     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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