Investigations on an isolated skull with gunshot wounds using flat-panel CT.
The use of computed tomography (CT) scanners is rapidly becoming established in forensic medicine. Current multislice CT (MSCT) scanners attain a resolution of 0.42 mm. An isolated skull with gunshot injuries was examined with a high-resolution eXplore Locus Ultra flat-panel CT (eLU-CT) and MSCT. Structures and minute fissures in the bone interior, which were neither visible macroscopically nor with the MSCT data, could be imaged with the eLU-CT data. In addition, a tiny interior impact defect from a retained missile could be detected by eLU-CT, which clearly aided the reconstruction of the gunshots in this case.
Verhoff
Marcel A
MA
Department of Legal Medicine, University of Giessen, Frankfurter Strasse 58, 35392, Giessen, Germany. Marcel.A.Verhoff@forens.med.uni-giessen.de
Karger
Bernd
B
Ramsthaler
Frank
F
Obert
Martin
M
D049429:Forensic Pathology; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*