The usefulness of post-mortem CT angiography in injuries caused by falling from considerable heights: Three fatal cases

Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1085-1090

  Mokrane, F Z ^a,b   Savall, F ^a,b   Rerolle C ^a,c   Blanc, A ^b   Saint Martin, P ^a,c   Rousseau, H ^b   Rouge D ^a,b   Telmon, N ^a,b   Dedouit, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^c SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Fall; Post mortem; Thanatology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE LESION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INJURY; MALE; PNEUMATOCELE; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VERY ELDERLY; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SUICIDE;

EID: 84923857038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22115684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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