Cardiothoracic ratio in postmortem chest radiography with regard to the cause of death

Legal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-78

  Michiue, Tomomi ^a   Ishikawa, Takaki ^a   Sakoda, Shigeki ^a   Quan, Li ^a,b   Li, Dong Ri ^a,c   Kamikodai, Yasunobu ^a   Okazaki, Shuji ^a   Zhu, Bao Li ^a,d   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiothoracic ratio; Forensic pathology; Natural death; Postmortem radiography; Trauma

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BODY HEIGHT; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD EXPOSURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DROWNING; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; FIRE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HEART THORAX INDEX; HEART WEIGHT; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149175643     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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