Development and validation of a postmortem radiological alteration index: The RA-Index

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 559-566

  Egger, C ^a   Vaucher, P ^a   Doenz, F ^b   Palmiere, C ^a   Mangin, P ^a   Grabherr, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Index; Postmortem changes; Postmortem MDCT; Putrefaction gas; Thanatology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CLASSIFICATION; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GAS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864046689     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0686-6     Document Type: Article

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