Detection and characterization of traumatic scalp injuries for forensic evaluation using computed tomography

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 195-200

  Malli, Norbert ^a   Ehammer, Thomas ^a   Yen, Kathrin ^a,b   Scheurer, Eva ^a,c  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Forensic evaluation; Hematoma; Soft tissue; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRACTURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCALP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LACERATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872406293     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0690-x     Document Type: Article

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