A finite element model investigation of gunshot injury.
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.
Raul
Jean-Sébastien
JS
Institut de Médecine Légale, 11 rue Humann, 67085, Strasbourg, France. Jean-Sebastien.Raul@iml-ulp.u-strasbg.fr
Deck
Caroline
C
Meyer
Franck
F
Geraut
Annie
A
Willinger
Rémy
R
Ludes
Bertrand
B
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*