Analysis of laryngeal fractures in decomposed bodies using microfocus computed tomography (mfCT)

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 607-612

  Kettner, Mattias ^a,b   Potente, Stefan ^b   Schulz, Boris ^b   Knauff, Peter ^c   Schmidt, Peter H ^a   Ramsthaler, Frank ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c Ctm do GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Forensic medicine; Forensic radiology; Manual strangulation; Micro CT

Indexed keywords

ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CARTILAGE FRACTURE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FATALITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; INJURIES; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECK INJURY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FATAL OUTCOME; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, CARTILAGE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECK INJURIES; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; THYROID CARTILAGE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84934292432     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-014-9584-1     Document Type: Article

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