Material differentiation in forensic radiology with single-source dual-energy computed tomography

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-169

  Ruder, Thomas D ^a,b,c   Thali, Yannick ^a,c   Bolliger, Stephan A ^c,d   Somaini Mathier, Sandra ^b,c   Thali, Michael J ^a   Hatch, Gary M ^c,e   Schindera, Sebastian T ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dual energy CT; Foreign objects; Forensic radiology; Identification; Single source dual energy CT; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876453166     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-012-9398-y     Document Type: Article

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