Appearance of gas collections after scuba diving death: A computed tomography study in a porcine model

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-184

  Laurent, Pierre Eloi ^a   Coulange, Mathieu ^a   Bartoli, Christophe ^a   Boussuges, Alain ^a   Rostain, Jean Claude ^a   Luciano, Michel ^a   Cohen, Frederic ^a   Rolland, Pierre Henri ^a   Mancini, Julien ^a   Piercecchi, Marie Dominique ^a   Vidal, Vincent ^a   Gorincour, Guillaume ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Animal; Computed tomography; Fatal diving accident; Gas embolism

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIVING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; LIVER CIRCULATION; PATHOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; RADIOGRAPHY; RESUSCITATION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SWINE; TIME; VEIN;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; BAROTRAUMA; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; LIVER CIRCULATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RESUSCITATION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VEINS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872399368     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-011-0662-6     Document Type: Article

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