Forensic Pathology of Fractures and Mechanisms of Injury. Postmortem Ct Scanning

Overview

More and more autopsy procedures call for full body CT scans, where issues are discovered that would not be found in the context of a typical autopsy. In the absence of a radiologist, the job of interpreting these scans falls to the forensic pathologist. This book, created in conjunction with a world-class CT specialty radiologist, presents 500 color images and explains how to read them.

Features

• Explains the differences between live scans and those of the deceased
• Demonstrates how full body CT scans provide a snapshot in time of the body at the time of death that can be used in later medico-legal proceedings
• Illustrates the benefits and limitations of employing computed tomography
• Contains chapters that move progressively through the different parts of the human skeletal structure
• Includes a CD with thousands of additional images

Table of contents

• Physics of fracture (material science)
• Physics of bony fractures
• Types of fracture
• Laboratory and clinical studies
• Forensic issues in fracture
• Holistic approach of forensic practice
• Injuries, abrasions, lacerations and bruises
• Decomposition
• Skeletal remains
• External examination/CT scanning
• Computed Tomography
• Head (Skull and face)
• Calvarium
• Base of skull
• Facial bones
• Mandible
• Spine
• Cervical spine
• Atlanto-occipital joint
• Atlanto-axial joint
• Upper cervical spine
• Lower cervical spine
• Thoracic
• Lumbar
• Chest
• Ribs
• Sternum
• Scapula
• Clavicle
• Upper limbs
• Humerus
• Radius
• Ulna
• Carpal bones
• Metacarpals and phalanges.
• Pelvis
• Pubic rami
• Ilium
• Ischium
• Sacrum
• Lower limbs
• Femur
• Tibia
• Fibula
• Calcaneum
• Talus
• Navicula and upper tarsal bones
• Metatarsals and phalanges
• Forensic Issues

Author

Michael P. Burke, Forensic Pathologist, Victoria Institute of Forensic Medicine