title: [Roentgen identification of unknown cadavers with advanced postmortem changes].
abstract: The postmortem changes in the bodies of two individuals were so advanced that the usual identification methods could not be applied; one had drowned and the other died by burning. Antemortem roentgenograms--up to 10 years old--and postmortem X-ray plates were compared and the bodies thus identified. This was possible because the skeleton shows individual, highly specific markers that do not change during life or after death.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Riepert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rittner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Zur Röntgenidentifizierung unbekannter Leichen bei fortgeschrittenen postmortalen Veränderungen.