An atlas of skeletal trauma in medico-legal contexts /

Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) is increasingly used in forensic pathology practice in many jurisdictions. Such imaging has expanded the capacity to evaluate skeletal trauma improving the visualisation, documentation and presentation of forensic findings. Typically when deceased persons are l...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Blau, S. (Soren) (Autor), Ranson, David (Autor), O'Donnell, Chris (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England : Academic Press, 2018.
Temas:
Forensic anthropology.
Forensic pathology.
Autopsy.
Autopsy
Musculoskeletal System > injuries
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic Pathology
Anthropologie l�egale.
Pathologie m�edico-l�egale.
Autopsie.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Forensic anthropology
Forensic pathology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • An Atlas of Skeletal Trauma in Medico-Legal Contexts
  • An Atlas of Skeletal Trauma in Medico-Legal Contexts
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. POSTMORTEM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND THE ANALYSIS OF SKELETAL TRAUMA
  • 2. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ATLAS
  • 3. GENERAL REMARKS
  • 4. CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • 1
  • High- and Low-Velocity Projectile Trauma: Ballistic Injuries (BI)
  • 1.1 HOMICIDE: CRANIAL INJURIES
  • 1.2 HOMICIDE: POST-CRANIAL INJURIES
  • 1.3 SUICIDE: CRANIAL INJURIES
  • 1.4 SUICIDE: POST-CRANIAL INJURIES
  • 1.5 ACCIDENT: CRANIAL INJURIES1.6 ACCIDENT: POST-CRANIAL INJURIES
  • 1.7 SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF PROJECTILE INJURIES
  • REFERENCES
  • 2
  • Blunt-Force Trauma (BFT)
  • 2.1 HOMICIDES
  • 2.2 ACCIDENTS
  • 2.3 HOMICIDES: NECK COMPRESSION
  • 2.4 SUICIDES
  • REFERENCES
  • 3
  • Blunt-Force Trauma: Fatal Falls (FT)
  • 3.1 NON-ACCIDENTAL CASES
  • 3.2 ACCIDENTAL CASES
  • REFERENCES
  • 4
  • High-Energy, Blunt-Force Trauma: Motor Vehicle (MV) Incidents
  • 4.1 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS: DRIVER
  • 4.2 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS: FRONT-SEAT PASSENGER
  • 4.3 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS: REAR-SEAT PASSENGER4.4 MOTOR VEHICLE INCIDENTS: PEDESTRIAN
  • 4.5 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS: MOTORCYCLIST
  • 4.6 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS: QUAD BIKE
  • 4.7 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS: BICYCLE
  • 4.8 MOTOR VEHICLE INCIDENTS: SUICIDE
  • REFERENCES
  • 5
  • High-Energy, Blunt-Force Trauma: Aviation (AV) Incidents
  • 5.1 UNPOWERED AIRCRAFT
  • 5.2 ROTARY WING
  • 5.3 FIXED WING
  • REFERENCES
  • 6
  • Accidental and Non-Accidental Injuries in Children (CI)
  • 6.1 ACCIDENTAL INJURIES
  • 6.2 HOMICIDAL (NON-ACCIDENTAL) INJURIES
  • REFERENCES
  • 7
  • Sharp-Force Trauma (SFT)7.1 HOMICIDES: CRANIAL INJURIES
  • 7.2 HOMICIDES: CRANIAL AND POST-CRANIAL INJURIES
  • 7.3 HOMICIDES: POST-CRANIAL INJURIES
  • 7.4 HOMICIDES: DISMEMBERMENT
  • 7.5 SUICIDES: CRANIAL INJURIES
  • 7.6 SUICIDES: POST-CRANIAL INJURIES
  • 7.7 ACCIDENTS: POST-CRANIAL INJURIES
  • REFERENCES
  • 8
  • Medical Intervention (MI)
  • 8.1 HEAD (CRANIUM)
  • 8.2 HEAD (NOSE)
  • 8.3 HEAD AND NECK (MANDIBLE AND CLAVICLE)
  • 8.4 NECK (VERTEBRAE)
  • 8.5 ARM (WRIST)
  • 8.6 CHEST (BREAST, STERNUM, AND RIBS)
  • 8.7 PELVIS (SACRUM)
  • 8.8 LEGS (HIPS, KNEES, AND FEET)REFERENCES
  • 9
  • Taphonomic Changes (TC)
  • 9.1 FIRE: ACCIDENTAL
  • 9.2 FIRE: NON-ACCIDENTAL
  • 9.3 WATER
  • 9.4 SCAVENGING
  • 9.5 USE OF �a#x80;#x9C;LIME�a#x80;#x9D;
  • REFERENCES
  • 10
  • Skeletal Variation (SV): Morphology, Anomalies, Tissue Calcification, and Pathology
  • 10.1 SKELETAL VARIATION AND ANOMALIES
  • 10.2 TISSUE CALCIFICATIONS
  • 10.3 PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
  • 10.4 OTHER
  • REFERENCES
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
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  • Q
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