Non-invasive visualisation and volume estimation of maggot masses using computed tomography scanning

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 185-194

  Johnson, Aidan ^a   Archer, Melanie ^b   Leigh Shaw, Lyndie ^b   Brown, Matthew ^b   O'Donnell, Chris ^b   Wallman, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Forensic entomology; Maggot mass; Volume

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; ZOOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LARVA; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SOFTWARE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872371437     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0673-y     Document Type: Article

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