Comparison of whole-body post mortem 3D CT and autopsy evaluation in accidental blunt force traumatic death using the abbreviated injury scale classification

Forensic Science International

Volumn 225, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 20-26

  Daly, Barry ^a   Abboud, Samir ^a   Ali, Zabiullah ^b   Sliker, Clint ^a   Fowler, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviated injury scale (AIS); Autopsy; Blunt accidental trauma; Postmortem CT

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INJURY SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; POSTMORTEM COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY CT;

EID: 84873710183     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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