The conclusive role of postmortem computed tomography (CT) of the skull and computer-assisted superimposition in identification of an unknown body

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 653-660

  Lorkiewicz Muszyńska, Dorota ^a   Kociemba, Wojciech ^a   Zaba, Czesław ^a   Łabȩcka, Marzena ^a   Koralewska Kordel, Małgorzata ^a   Abreu Głowacka, Monica ^a   Przystańska, Agnieszka ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Computer tomography; Human identification; Odontology; Skull; Superimposition

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUTOPSY; BIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FACE; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

AGED; AUTOPSY; BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FACE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84877876841     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0805-4     Document Type: Article

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