Essentials of Forensic Imaging: A Text-Atlas - Hardcover

Levy, Angela D.; Harcke Jr., H. Theodore

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1420091115 ISBN 13: 9781420091113

Publisher: CRC Press, 2010

Synopsis

Forensic imaging with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and other cross-sectional imaging modalities is a rapidly evolving field. Understanding the pathological basis of disease and death is fundamental to the interpretation of radiologic images. Forming a bridge between these distinct disciplines, Essentials of Forensic Imaging: A Text-Atlas brings the long tradition of radiologic pathologic correlation to forensic radiology and autopsy.

Providing readers with a technical and interpretive foundation for applying modern cross-sectional imaging to forensic autopsy, the book integrates more than 300 color autopsy photographs with postmortem MDCT and radiography in a topical format. Organized by cause of death, the rich pictorial display of case material that accompanies the text establishes a contextual understanding. Readers can learn the diagnostic value of imaging applied to forensic autopsy by correlating specific causes of death with their respective forensic and radiologic principles. Causes of death covered in this practical volume include:

• Gunshot wounds
• Blunt force injury
• Fire and burn injury
• Blast injury
• Drowning and other deaths in water
• Suicide
• Natural causes
• Asphyxia
• Electrocution

As forensic imaging becomes more advanced, the possibilities for its use in autopsy continue to grow, as do the opportunities for application in related areas. In the final chapter, these expert authors also discuss the use of MDCT in the assessment of medical intervention, exhumation and second autopsy, and anthropology.

About this title

About the Author

Angela D. Levy, H. Theodore Harcke\, Jr.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1420091115
• ISBN 13: 9781420091113
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 282