title: [Clinical forensic imaging. Detection and documentation of internal injuries in living victims of violence].
abstract: External examination of the body surface with documentation of all visible findings can still be regarded as the status quo of clinical forensic injury assessment. It is obvious that internal findings cannot be detected using this technique. For obtaining such findings accessible well-established radiological techniques, such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) should be used. Especially MRI with no damaging radiation exposure for the examined person allows the detection of internal soft tissue and organ damage and offers a great potential regarding new techniques for allowing insights into tissue composition and function. Furthermore, imaging data collected in clinical institutions before the patient was transferred to the department of legal medicine will play a major role in the future. Although these data were obtained based on a different approach, they provide excellent and recent information on injuries in the respective (current) case und can therefore be of high value for the forensic expertise.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Radiologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland. p.glemser@dkfz.de.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Glemser
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin und Verkehrsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krauskopf
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Radiologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Simons
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Radiologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Schlemmer
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin und Verkehrsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yen
mesh_terms: D019548:Crime Victims / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards*; D049429:Forensic Pathology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005858:Germany; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D014754:Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Expert testimony; Interdisciplinary communication; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tomography, X-ray computed; Wounds and injuries