The use of μCT technology to identify skull fracture in a case involving blunt force trauma

Forensic Science International

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages

  Brown, K Robson ^a   Silver, I A ^b   Musgrave, J H ^b   Roberts, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed omography; Diagnosis; Forensic; Fracture; Imaging; Radiology; Skull

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952445254     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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