2011
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-011-0677-6
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Forensic radiology and personal identification of unidentified bodies: a review

Abstract: Personal identification of unidentified bodies is crucial for ethical, juridical and civil reasons and is performed through comparison between biological data obtained from the cadaver and antemortem material from one or more missing persons to whom the body may have belonged in life. The increasing applications of forensic radiology and the wide use of conventional radiography and computed tomography (CT) in routine clinical practice demonstrate the potential of these technologies as tools for verifying the c… Show more

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“…The aforementioned studies were performed with dry skulls. However, radiologic images provide several measurements without a flesh barrier and imaging methods are generally preferred by forensic scientists (6,20,21,24,30,31).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The aforementioned studies were performed with dry skulls. However, radiologic images provide several measurements without a flesh barrier and imaging methods are generally preferred by forensic scientists (6,20,21,24,30,31).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The aforementioned studies were performed with dry skulls. However, radiologic images provide several measurements without a flesh barrier and imaging methods are generally preferred by forensic scientists [22,[32][33][34][35].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The AM and PM data are then processed by the reconciliation team, which attempts to match the information collected by both teams and identify the victims. The result of the PM/AM comparison is not always conclusive and therefore a match may render the following outcomes [9,10]:…”
Section: Disaster Victim Identification (Dvi)mentioning
confidence: 99%