title: Use of radiographs in the forensic autopsy.
abstract: The X-ray examination of corpses is a most useful tool in the field of medicolegal diagnosis. Sometimes the cause of death can already be seen before autopsy. The following modes of application are reviewed: search for foreign bodies, identification of poison, air-embolism, pneumothorax, air-filled lungs and gastro-intestinal organs in newborns, diagnosis of tuberculosis in corpses, visibility of hidden fractures, structure of bones as a factor of biomechanical load capacity, identification and determination of age and experimental research with corpses.
mesh_terms: D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods*; D003334:Coroners and Medical Examiners; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging