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.
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Annex, Department of Cellular Pathology, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. oliver@afip.org
William R
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Oliver
Andrew M
AM
Baker
James D
JD
Powell
Chris M
CM
Cotone
Jeffrey
J
Meeker
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