title: [Application of MSCT in the identification and analysis of traffic accidents: 2 fatal cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the application value of multi-slice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) in traffic accidents through observing and analyzing the injury features of the accidents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two fatal cases caused by traffic accidents were fully examined using MSCT, 3D imaging reconstruction and angiography through cardiac puncture. The features of traffic injury mechanism were analyzed through combination of MSCT and postmortem external examination.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In case 1, right cardiac rupture was found by MSCT and angiography through cardiac puncture. The cause of death was cardiac tamponade and right ventricular rupture due to the crush injury of chest in the traffic accident. In case 2, splenic rupture and intra-abdominal hemorrhage was found and caused by injury of left trunk by MSCT. The cause of death was hemorrhage and traumatic shock.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MSCT could observe skeletal injury, soft tissue injury, and hematologic disorder well. The combination use of MSCT and angiography through cardiac puncture provided assistance to the diagnosis of cardiovascular system injury.
authors.forename: Shun-Qi
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Zhi-Qiang
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Kai-Fei
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Jian-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ning-Guo
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Dong-Hua
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Zheng-Dong
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yi-Jiu
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality*; D001344:Autopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006470:Hemorrhage; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology