Application of high resolution pQCT analysis for the assessment of a bone lesion: A technical note

Legal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 60-64

  Rubinacci, A ^a   Tresoldi, D ^b   Villa, I ^a   Rizzo, G ^b   Gaudio, D ^c   De Angelis, D ^c   Gibelli, D ^c   Cattaneo, C ^c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone lesion; Forensic anthropology; PQCT; Sharp force

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE LESION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA BODY; AUTOPSY; INJURIES; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SKELETON; THORACIC VERTEBRA; WOUNDS, STAB;

AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; SKELETON; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 84919326934     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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