Estimation of body exposure to explosion.
An ordnance-disposal expert was killed while disposing of a cache of explosives. The likely position of the body was reconstructed by modeling the explosion as an omnidirectional emission of particles from a model of the explosion site and noting the distribution of particles on a model of a human. The applications and limitations of this method in reconstructing the events and correlation with the injuries noted at autopsy are discussed.
Oliver
William R
WR
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Annex, Department of Cellular Pathology, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. oliver@afip.org
Baker
Andrew M
AM
Powell
James D
JD
Cotone
Chris M
CM
Meeker
Jeffrey
J
D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005107:Explosions; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male