Virtual casting of stab wounds in cartilage using micro-computed tomography

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-99

  Pounder, Derrick J ^a   Sim, Louise J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

forensic microradiology; micro CT; serrated knives; stab wounds

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; STAB WOUND; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; DENTAL IMPRESSION MATERIALS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE; WOUNDS, STAB; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79958007073     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3182186f37     Document Type: Article

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