title: A finite element model investigation of gunshot injury.
abstract: Multiple gunshot suicide can be a controversial subject mainly because of wrong opinions concerning immediate incapacitation or alleged backwards hurling. For the last 20 years, experts in medicine and physics have tried to demonstrate what really happens during a gunshot wound. Different methods have been used to achieve this aim such as basic physics or the use of empirical evidence. In this paper, using a finite element model of the human head, we demonstrate that no incapacitation or backwards hurling can occur from a gunshot fired between the eyes which did not enter the cerebrum.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Médecine Légale, 11 rue Humann, 67085, Strasbourg, France. Jean-Sebastien.Raul@iml-ulp.u-strasbg.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Sébastien
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Raul
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deck
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geraut
authors.forename: Rémy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Willinger
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ludes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D044709:Forensic Ballistics / Q000379:methods*; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000473:pathology*; D013405:Suicide; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*