Morphometric analysis of stab wounds by MSCT and MRI after the instillation of contrast medium

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 494-501

  Fais, Paolo ^a   Cecchetto, Giovanni ^b   Boscolo Berto, Rafael ^b   Toniolo, Matteo ^b   Viel, Guido ^b   Miotto, Diego ^b   Montisci, Massimo ^b   Tagliaro, Franco ^a   Giraudo, Chiara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Contrast medium solution; Forensic radiology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multislice computed tomography; Stab wounds

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEG INJURY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; STAB WOUND;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; LEG INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 85006994718     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: 18266983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-015-0612-3     Document Type: Article

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