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Death following cylindrical battery ingestion associated with toxic manganese levels
Cases of battery ingestion are well documented in the scientific literature, especially concerning button cell battery ingestion in children. In this instance, the authors present an atypical case of a young m...
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Blunt Trauma
As illustrated in this chapter, clinical and post-mortem forensic radiology has a major application in determining blunt trauma. Blunt-force injuries are produced when the body is struck with or strikes a blun...
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Open AccessApplication of postmortem imaging modalities in cases of sudden death due to cardiovascular diseases–current achievements and limitations from a pathology perspective
Postmortem imaging (PMI) is increasingly used in postmortem practice and is considered a potential alternative to a conventional autopsy, particularly in case of sudden cardiac deaths (SCD). In 2017, the Assoc...
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Contribution of the use of clavicle bone density in age estimation
Age estimation is an essential element in the field of forensics and is also of judicial interest in forensic medicine of the living. Despite all the methods, age estimation is often imprecise with many biases...
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Forensic Imaging: A New Subspeciality of Radiology
Forensic imaging is often represented as a new field emerging from multidisciplinary work and research in forensic medicine and radiology. However, looking back on the interaction between radiology and forensi...
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What Can the Clinical Radiologist Learn from Forensic Imaging? Analogies and Differences Between Forensic and Clinical Imaging
There are huge differences between interpretating radiological images from a forensic point of view versus a clinical point of view. Additionally, in post-mortem imaging post-mortem changes and typical signs h...
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Post-mortem Computed Tomography of Charred Victims in Modern Forensic Medicine
The forensic assessment of a severely burned and charred body is challenging for the forensic pathologist. Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) is actually an attainable and modern tool for forensic investig...
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Age estimation based on computed tomography exploration: a combined method
Despite an extensive number of existing methods, age estimation of human remains is still an unsolved matter in the field of forensic anthropology, especially when it comes to mature adults. The specific aim o...
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Pictorial review of the postmortem computed tomography in neonaticide cases
Neonaticide is defined by the deliberate killing or homicide of a child within 24 h of its birth. In this context, three fundamental questions are generally asked of the forensic pathologist: what is the cause...
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Correction to: Postmortem coronary artery calcium score in cases of myocardial infarction
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-021-02608-w
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Open AccessPostmortem coronary artery calcium score in cases of myocardial infarction
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) related to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (ACAD) resulting in myocardial infarction is the most prevalent cause of death in western countries. In clinical practice, coronary...
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Oleic Acid (OA), A Potential Dual Contrast Agent for Postmortem MR Angiography (PMMRA): A Pilot Study
Choosing proper perfusates as contrast agents is an important aspect for postmortem magnetic resonance angiography (PMMRA). However, in this emerging field, the number of suitable kinds of liquid is still very...
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Open AccessBlended learning of radiology improves medical students’ performance, satisfaction, and engagement
To evaluate the impact of blended learning using a combination of educational resources (flipped classroom and short videos) on medical students’ (MSs) for radiology learning.
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Study of a seventeenth-century French artificial mummy: autopsical, native, and contrast-injected CT investigations
A lead coffin was fortuitously discovered in a church called “Eglise des Toussaints” in Rennes (French Brittany). A collaborative taskforce investigated this extraordinary discovery. A multi-disciplinary team ...
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Sudden aortic death—proposal for a comprehensive diagnostic approach in forensic and in clinical pathology practice
Aortic rupture or dissection as immediate cause of sudden death is encountered in forensic and clinical autopsy practice. Despite a common denominator of ‘sudden aortic death’ (SAD), we expect that in both set...
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Bone age estimation based on multislice computed tomography study of the scapula
Progress in medical imaging has opened new areas of research in forensic anthropology, especially in the context of the study of bone age assessment. The study of bone age has become a useful tool for age esti...
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Radiodiagnostic and Molecular Innovation in Personal Identification
The forensic radiological examination permits identity to be attributed to individual bodies in the context of molecular or odontological data that is unavailable or not readily accessible. Among the proposed ...
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Post-Mortem Forensic Imaging
For autopsies, in addition to classical non-enhanced post-mortem computed tomographies, (PMCT), an innovative technique consists in post-mortem vascular opacification. It is called post-mortem computed tomogra...
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Contribution of magnetic resonance imaging of the wrist and hand to forensic age assessment
Forensic age estimation of living individuals is a controversial subject because of the imprecision of the available methods which leads to errors. Moreover, young persons are exposed to radiation, without dia...
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Performance of post-mortem CT compared to autopsy in children
Radiological techniques such as non-enhanced post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) play an increasingly important role in death investigations, especially in cases of non-medicolegal context of death, where t...
