Different conditions and strategies to utilize forensic radiology in the cities of Melbourne, Australia and Berlin, Germany

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 321-326

  Bedford, Paul J ^a,b   Oesterhelweg, Lars ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT scan; Forensic pathology; Forensic radiology; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKFLOW;

AUTOPSY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; VICTORIA; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84883788532     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-013-9424-8     Document Type: Article

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