Usefulness of postmortem computed tomography for demonstrating cerebral hemorrhage in a brain too fragile for macroscopic examination

Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 212-214

  Takahashi, Yoichiro ^a   Sano, Rie ^a   Kominato, Yoshihiko ^a   Takei, Hiroyuki ^b   Kobayashi, Susumu ^a   Shimada, Takehiro ^a   Awata, Sachiko ^a   Hirasawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Hemorrhage; Postmortem changes; Postmortem computed tomography; Putrefaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; AUTOPSY; BLISTER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPOSITION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG SCREENING; EVERSION OF LIPS; EXOPHTHALMOS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LIP MALFORMATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POST MORTEM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMINENT TONGUE; PUTAMEN; PUTAMINAL HEMORRHAGE; PUTREFACTION; SWELLING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84884677709     PISSN: 22124780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jofri.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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