Application of SPECT scanning with I-123 HIPDM to forensic medicine.
The use of I-123 HIPDM, a cerebral perfusion agent, in the demonstration of an intracranial bullet track is described. Visualization of the bullet track was dependent on the use of single photon emission CT.
D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D007462:Iodobenzenes; C036739:N,N,N'-trimethyl-N'-(2-hydroxy-3-methyl-5-iodobenzyl)-1,3-propanediamine