Fire victim identification by post-mortem dental CT: Radiologic evaluation of restorative materials after exposure to high temperatures

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 432-440

  Woisetschläger, Mischa ^a   Lussi, Adrian ^c   Persson, Anders ^a   Jackowski, Christian ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Filling materials; Fire victim identification; Forensic medicine; Forensic radiology; High resolution CT; Post mortem imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL RADIOLOGY; DENTIN; DENTITION; ENAMEL; EXPOSURE; FIRE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TOOTH FILLING; VICTIM;

DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTAL RESTORATION, TEMPORARY; FIRES; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053637887     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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