Comparative radiologic identification with CT images of paranasal sinuses – development of a standardized approach

Publication date: Available online 3 September 2016 Source:Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging Author(s): Thomas D. Ruder, Cédric Brun, Angi M. Christensen, Michael J. Thali, Dominic Gascho, Wolf Schweitzer, Gary M. Hatch The routine use of computed tomography (CT) to forensic medicine allows for new methods of radiologic identification. Here we present a method to reconstruct a standardized CT image of the head for comparative identification: CT images are reconstructed in MPR along skeletal anatomical landmarks of the inner ear and the orbit. The key advantage of working with standardized images for identification is that ante mortem and post mortem can be reconstructed independently of one another.
Source: Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging - Category: Radiology Source Type: research