title: Post-mortem radiological CT identification based on classical ante-mortem X-ray examinations.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Berne, IRM, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pfaeffli
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vock
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dirnhofer
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: Stephan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bolliger
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Thali
mesh_terms: 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