Brogdon's Forensic RadiologyMichael J. Thali, Mark D. Viner, B. G. Brogdon CRC Press, 22 nov 2010 - 654 páginas The benchmark first edition of Forensic Radiology, published in 1998, was a milestone in the forensic community — a bestseller throughout the world and a standard reference for practitioners and educators alike. Like its predecessor, Brogdon’s Forensic Radiology, Second Edition covers the entire scope of radiological applications in the forensic sciences, profiling current and anticipated uses of new modalities and techniques. Features: Provides an introduction to forensic radiology, including historical perspectives and definitions used in the fieldOffers instruction on trial preparation and effective courtroom testimony. Demonstrates the use of forensic radiology in identification of the dead. Explores the use of radiology to help in gunshot and abuse cases and in nonviolent crimesContains an entirely new section on virtual imaging and virtops. Examines technological and safety issues. For radiologists, forensic scientists, forensic dentists, medical examiners, investigators, and attorneys. Over the past twelve years, the fields of forensic science and radiology have developed considerably, necessitating a revision of this critical work. New Topics in this Edition include:The radiologist as an expert witness, Modern cross-sectional imaging in anthropology, New approaches to radiology in mass casualty situations, The use of virtual imaging and virtopsy — new modalities developed and advanced since the publication of the last edition, orensic and clinical usage of x-rays in body packing for drug smuggling, and Imaging in the medic. |
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Chapter 3 Scope of Forensic Radiology | 25 |
Section II Coping with the Courts | 41 |
Chapter 4 The Radiological Expert | 43 |
Chapter 5 The Expert Witness as Viewed from the Bench | 55 |
Chapter 6 The Radiologist in the Courtroom Witness Stand | 59 |
Section III Identification | 77 |
Chapter 21 Larceny | 335 |
Chapter 22 Radiology of Fakes and Forgery in Art | 341 |
Section VII Virtual Imaging | 349 |
Chapter 23 Reporting and Finding Expert Opinion | 351 |
Chapter 24 PhotogrammetryBased Optical Surface Scanning | 365 |
Chapter 25 CrossSectional Imaging and Swiss Virtobot Documentation and Analysis | 389 |
Chapter 26 Clinical and Forensic Radiology Are Not the Same | 409 |
Chapter 27 Postmortem Biopsy | 441 |
Chapter 7 Identification of the Dead | 79 |
Chapter 8 Radiological Identification | 85 |
Chapter 9 Modern CrossSectional Imaging in Anthropology | 107 |
Chapter 10 Radiographic Applications in Forensic Dental Identification | 127 |
Chapter 11 Virtopsy | 149 |
Chapter 12 Radiological Identification of Individual Remains | 153 |
Chapter 13 Radiology in Mass Casualty Situations | 177 |
Chapter 14 New Approaches to Radiology in Mass Casualty Situations | 199 |
Section IV Gunshot Wounds | 209 |
Chapter 15 Forensic Radiology of Gunshot Wounds | 211 |
Chapter 16 New Developments in Gunshot Analysis | 241 |
Section V Radiology of Abuse | 253 |
Chapter 17 Child Abuse | 255 |
Chapter 18 Abuse of Intimate Partners and of the Elderly | 279 |
Section VI Radiology in Nonviolent Crimes | 295 |
Chapter 19 SmugglingBorder Control | 297 |
Chapter 20 Forensic and Clinical Usage of Xrays in Body Packing | 311 |
Chapter 28 Postmortem Angiography | 449 |
Chapter 29 Using Real 3D Data for Reconstruction | 461 |
Chapter 30 Applications of RapidPrototyping Methods in Forensic Medicine | 473 |
Chapter 31 Facial Reconstruction | 479 |
Chapter 32 Virtopsy and Forensic Tissue Simulation and Synthetic Body Models | 485 |
Section VIII Facilities Equipment and Organization | 491 |
Chapter 33 Organization and Management of Forensic Radiology | 493 |
Chapter 34 Facility Equipment and Radiation Protection | 505 |
Section IX Forensic Radiological Technology | 521 |
Chapter 35 Imaging in the Medical Examiners Facility | 523 |
Chapter 36 Imaging in the Field | 539 |
Chapter 37 Radiology of Special Objects Antiquities and Mummies | 557 |
Chapter 38 Production of the Radiographic Image | 567 |
Chapter 39 Radiographic Positioning | 583 |
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Back cover | 631 |
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