Radiology in Forensic Medicine From Identification to Post-mortem Imaging

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the forensic and radiological aspects of pathological findings, focusing on the most relevant medico-legal issues, such as virtual autopsy (virtopsy), anthropometric identification, post-mortem decomposition features and the latest radiological applicatio...

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Other Authors: Lo Re, Giuseppe (Editor), Argo, Antonina (Editor), Midiri, Massimo (Editor), Cattaneo, Cristina (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A brief history of forensic radiology
  • Strenghts and limits of conventional forensic medicine
  • Medico-Legal aspects of forensic radiology
  • Imaging techniques for forensic radiology in living
  • Imaging techniques for postmortem forensic radiology
  • Radiology in archeology: fundamentals and perspective
  • Interpretation of diagnostic imaging for medico-legal issues
  • Forensic Anthropology: Personal identification in living individuals
  • Radiological age estimation: methods and applications
  • Traffic accidents
  • Violence and abuse part 1: battered child
  • Violence and abuse part 2: domestic abuse
  • Violence and abuse part 3: elderly abuse syndrome
  • Penetrating and non penetrating trauma
  • Imaging for ballistic trauma
  • Body Packing
  • Occupational Diseases
  • Lie Detection Technology in the era of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Forensic Anthropology: post-mortem personal identification
  • Conventional Radiology for post-mortem imaging
  • Post-mortem Computed Tomography:from acquisition to reporting
  • Post-mortem Magnetic Resonance: from acquisition to reporting
  • Technical perspectives in post-mortem imaging
  • Imaging for forensic thanatology
  • Postmortem imaging in mass disasters
  • Postmortem imaging in drowning
  • Imaging in sudden unexpected natural deaths
  • Foetal Postmortem imaging
  • Brain imaging in post-mortem forensic radiology
  • Pitfalls on Postmortem Imaging: the need of blending conventional and virtual autopsy
  • Bioethical aspects on Postmortem Imaging.