A picture is worth a thousand words - The utility of 3D visualization illustrated by a case of survived pancreatic transection

Legal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-97

  Gotsmy, Walther F ^a   Ebert, Lars C ^a   Bolliger, Michael ^a   Hatch, Gary M ^a   Ketterer, Thomas ^a   Thali, Michael J ^a   Ruder, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D visualization; Computed tomography; Forensic medicine; Pancreatic transection; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PANCREAS INJURY; PANCREAS SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SURVIVAL RATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PANCREAS;

EID: 79251637342     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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