Micro-CT features of intermediate gunshot wounds covered by textiles

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1257-1264

  Giraudo, Chiara ^a   Fais, Paolo ^b   Pelletti, Guido ^c   Viero, Alessia ^c   Miotto, Diego ^c   Boscolo Berto, Rafael ^c   Viel, Guido ^c   Montisci, Massimo ^c   Cecchetto, Giovanni ^c   Ferrara, Santo Davide ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fabrics; Forensic ballistics; Gunshot residue (GSR); Gunshot wounds; Intermediate target; Micro CT; Textiles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BALLISTICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLOTHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOTHING; FORENSIC BALLISTICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975260983     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-016-1403-7     Document Type: Article

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