Differences between postmortem computed tomography and conventional autopsy in a stabbing murder case

Clinics

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 683-687

  Zerbini, Talita ^a   Da Silva, Luiz Fernando Ferraz ^a   Gonçalves Ferro, Antonio Carlos ^a   Uliana Kay, Fernando ^a   Junior, Edson Amaro ^a   Gonçalves Pasqualucci, Carlos Augusto ^a   Do Nascimento Saldiva, Paulo Hilario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Computed Tomography; Stab Wounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAB WOUND; THORAX INJURY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 84920378942     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2014(10)06     Document Type: Article

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