Blast and ballistic trajectories in combat casualties: A preliminary analysis using a cartesian positioning system with MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Folio, Les R ^a   Fischer, Tatjana ^b   Shogan, Paul ^c   Frew, Michael ^c   Dwyer, Andrew ^a   Provenzale, James M ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic injuries; Blast injuries; Trajectory; Wound path

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CARTESIAN POSITIONING SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IRAQ; KAPPA STATISTICS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BLAST INJURIES; EXPLOSIONS; FORENSIC BALLISTICS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 79960704792     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5959     Document Type: Article

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