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12604993

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
The goal of this study was the full-body documentation of a gunshot wound victim with multislice helical computed tomography for subsequent comparison with the findings of the standard forensic autopsy. Complete volume data of the head, neck, and trunk were acquired by use of two acquisitions of less than 1 minute of total scanning time. Subsequent two-dimensional multiplanar reformations and three-dimensional shaded surface display reconstructions helped document the gunshot-created skull fractures and brain injuries, including the wound track, and the intracerebral bone fragments. Computed tomography also demonstrated intracardiac air embolism and pulmonary aspiration of blood resulting from bullet wound-related trauma. The "digital autopsy," even when postprocessing time was added, was more rapid than the classic forensic autopsy and, based on the nondestructive approach, offered certain advantages in comparison with the forensic autopsy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0195-7910
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
22-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
New horizons in forensic radiology: the 60-second digital autopsy-full-body examination of a gunshot victim by multislice computed tomography.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Forensic Medicine, Insel Hospital, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland. thali@irm.unibe.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't