Rib fractures at postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) validated against the autopsy

Forensic Science International

Volumn 233, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 90-98

  Schulze, Claudia ^a   Hoppe, Hanno ^b   Schweitzer, Wolf ^a   Schwendener, Nicole ^c   Grabherr, Silke ^d   Jackowski, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forensic radiology; Postmortem CT; Rib fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; POSTMORTEM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RIB FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FORENSIC RADIOLOGY; POSTMORTEM CT; RIB FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RIB FRACTURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884528330     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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