Post-mortem computed tomography for forensic applications: A systematic review of gunshot deaths

Fidelia Cascini; Matteo Polacco; Francesca Cittadini; Giovanni Battista Paliani; Antonio Oliva; Riccardo Rossi

doi:10.1177/0025802419883164

Post-mortem computed tomography for forensic applications: A systematic review of gunshot deaths

Med Sci Law. 2020 Jan;60(1):54-62. doi: 10.1177/0025802419883164. Epub 2019 Nov 19.

Authors

Fidelia Cascini¹, Matteo Polacco¹, Francesca Cittadini¹, Giovanni Battista Paliani², Antonio Oliva¹, Riccardo Rossi¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Public Health, Section of Legal Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy.
² Istituto di Medicina Legale, Università degli studi "Tor Vergata" di Roma, Italy.

PMID: 31739723
DOI: 10.1177/0025802419883164

No abstract available

Keywords: Forensic science; autopsy; death; evidence; gunshot; injuries; post-mortem computed tomography; scanning procedures; systematic review; virtopsy.

Publication types

Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Autopsy*
Cause of Death
Forensic Ballistics
Forensic Medicine*
Humans
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
Wounds, Gunshot / diagnostic imaging*