Use of a metal detector in the search for bullets during autopsy.
The paper reports the results obtained from the use of a CEIA PD 140 S metal detector to search for bullets during the course of medicolegal tests. The instrument was found to be of value in identifying their presence up to a distance of 5-7.5 cm from the sensitive detection area.
Turletti
M
M
Department of Medical and Forensic Sciences, University of Turin, Italy.
Tappero
P
P
D001344:Autopsy; D004867:Equipment Design; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008670:Metals; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*
D008670:Metals