- Examines both radiological and forensic aspects in clinical practice
- Presents the latest technologies applied to the forensic field
- Useful for residents in forensic medicine and radiology, as well as for lawyers, investigative enforcement agencies and police special corps
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the forensic and radiological aspects of pathological findings, focusing on the most relevant medico-legal issues, such as virtual autopsy (virtopsy), anthropometric identification, post-mortem decomposition features and the latest radiological applications used in forensic investigations.
Forensic medicine and radiology are becoming increasingly relevant in the international medical and legal field as they offer essential techniques for determining cause of death and for anthropometric identification. This is highly topical in light of public safety and economic concerns arising as a result of mass migration and international tensions.
The book discusses the latest technologies applied in the forensic field, in particular computed tomography and magnetic resonance, which are continuously being updated. Radiological techniques are fundamental in rapidly providing a full description of the damage inflicted to add to witness and medical testimonies, and forensic/radiological anthropology supplies valuable evidence in cases of violence and abuse.
Written by international experts, it is of interest to students and residents in forensic medicine and radiology. It also presents a new approach to forensic investigation for lawyers and police special corps as well as law enforcement agencies.
Table of Contents- A Brief History of Forensic Radiology
- Strength and Limits of Conventional Forensic
- Imaging Techniques for Forensic Radiology in Living Individuals
- Imaging Techniques for Postmortem Forensic Radiology
- Radiology in Archaeology: Fundamentals and Perspective—Examination of the Living
- Interpretation of Diagnostic Imaging for Medicolegal Issues
- Forensic Radiology and Identification
- The Essential of Bone Histology for Forensic Applications
- Lethal Traumatic Injuries due to Traffic Accidents
- Violence and Abuse: Battered Child
- Domestic Violence
- Imaging and Elderly Abuses
- Forensic Radiology: Penetrating Versus Non-penetrating Trauma
- Imaging for Ballistic Trauma: Other Applications of Forensic Imaging in the Living
- Body Packing
- Occupational Diseases: Asbestosis and Mesothelioma in Forensic Practice
- Lie Detection: fMRI
- Conventional Radiology for Postmortem Imaging
- Postmortem Computed Tomography: From Acquisition to Reporting
- Images in Forensic Thanatology
- Postmortem Imaging in Mass Disasters
- Postmortem Imaging in Drowning
- Postmortem Imaging in Sudden Adult Death
- Post-mortem Foetal Imaging
- Radiology for Postmortem
- Pitfalls on Postmortem Imaging: The Need of Blending Conventional and Virtual Autopsy on Burnt-Charred Body
- Brain Imaging in Postmortem Forensic Radiology
- Bioethical Aspects of Postmortem Imaging
