Contrast of artificial subcutaneous hematomas in MRI over time

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 317-324

  Hassler, Eva Maria ^a,b   Ogris, Kathrin ^a,b   Petrovic, Andreas ^a,c   Neumayer, Bernhard ^a   Widek, Thomas ^a   Yen, Kathrin ^d   Scheurer, Eva ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dating; Forensic medicine; Hematoma; MRI; Subcutaneous tissue; Wound age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THIGH; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THIGH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925522090     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-014-1124-8     Document Type: Article

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