Detection of hemorrhage source: The diagnostic value of post-mortem CT-angiography

Forensic Science International

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 33-39

  Palmiere, C ^a   Binaghi, S ^b   Doenz, F ^a,b   Bize, P ^b   Chevallier, C ^a,b   Mangin, P ^a   Grabherr, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Forensic pathology; Hemorrhage; Post mortem angiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOFIL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANASARCA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANURIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLEEDING; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANNULA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POST MORTEM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

EID: 84865626251     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.04.031     Document Type: Article

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