Post-mortem radiological CT identification based on classical ante-mortem X-ray examinations.
Radiological identification is important in forensic medicine. Identification using comparison of individualising structures with ante- and post-mortem conventional radiographs has been known for a long time. New radiological procedures such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are being increasingly used for identification. In this paper, a new comparative approach using various radiological methods is described and its application demonstrated. This new approach is the comparison of ante-mortem conventional radiographs with projected images calculated from post-mortem CT data. The identification procedure will be illustrated with reference to the frontal sinus and the pelvis.
Pfaeffli
Matthias
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Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Berne, IRM, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland.
Vock
Peter
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Dirnhofer
Richard
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Braun
Marcel
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Bolliger
Stephan A
SA
Thali
Michael J
MJ
D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed