Gunshot injuries detected by post-mortem multislice computed tomography (MSCT): A feasibility study

Abstract Modern cross-sectional imaging techniques are being increasingly implemented in forensic pathology. These methods may serve as an adjuvant to classic forensic autopsies or even replace them altogether in the future. In order to assess the practicability of such a method, namely post-mortem...

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Published in:Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2008-11, Vol.10 (6), p.287-292
Main Authors: Andenmatten, M.A, Thali, M.J, Kneubuehl, B.P, Oesterhelweg, L, Ross, S, Spendlove, D, Bolliger, S.A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Feasibility Studies
Female
Forensic
Forensic Ballistics
Forensic Pathology
Gunshot
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Middle Aged
MSCT
Post-mortem imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Virtopsy
Wounds, Gunshot - diagnostic imaging
Wounds, Gunshot - pathology
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract Modern cross-sectional imaging techniques are being increasingly implemented in forensic pathology. These methods may serve as an adjuvant to classic forensic autopsies or even replace them altogether in the future. In order to assess the practicability of such a method, namely post-mortem multislice computed tomography (MSCT) in fatal gunshot injuries, 22 corpses underwent such an examination prior to forensic autopsy. The cardinal questions of the location of entrance and exit wounds, the detection of bullets and bullet fragments in the body, the bullet course, inflicted injuries and cause of death were addressed at MSCT and autopsy. The results of the two techniques revealed that post-mortem MSCT can answer these questions reliably and is therefore a useful tool in the assessment of such injuries.
ISSN:1344-6223
1873-4162
DOI:10.1016/j.legalmed.2008.03.005