TY - JOUR
T1 - Virtual autopsy with multidetector computed tomography of three cases of charred bodies.
AU - Cittadini, Francesca
AU - Polacco, Matteo
AU - D'Alessio, Pasquale
AU - Tartaglione, Tommaso
AU - De Giorgio, Fabio
AU - Oliva, Antonio
AU - Zobel, Bruno
AU - Pascali, Vincenzo Lorenzo
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Herein, we report a comparison of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and autopsy in the evaluation of three cases of charred human bodies. Interestingly, MDCT identified several findings useful for forensic purposes, including traumatic injuries not related to the fire, relevant vital reaction signs and detection of foreign bodies. Our results, in addition to data gathered in previous studies, indicate that MDCT is an excellent tool for imaging in postmortem investigations and that it has great potential for the forensic documentation and examination of charred bodies.
AB - Herein, we report a comparison of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and autopsy in the evaluation of three cases of charred human bodies. Interestingly, MDCT identified several findings useful for forensic purposes, including traumatic injuries not related to the fire, relevant vital reaction signs and detection of foreign bodies. Our results, in addition to data gathered in previous studies, indicate that MDCT is an excellent tool for imaging in postmortem investigations and that it has great potential for the forensic documentation and examination of charred bodies.
KW - forensic
KW - radiology
KW - virtual autopsy
KW - forensic
KW - radiology
KW - virtual autopsy
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/4197
U2 - 10.1258/msl.2010.010116
DO - 10.1258/msl.2010.010116
M3 - Article
SN - 0025-8024
SP - 211
EP - 216
JO - Medicine, Science and the Law
JF - Medicine, Science and the Law
ER -