Positive personal identity of skeletonized remains using abdominal and pelvic radiographs

Premortem and postmortem radiographs of the chest and abdomen are often available for comparison and provide a basis for making or rejecting an identification. The case reported here exemplifies the way that individualizing features, such as contours of bony elements, skeletal anomalies, and radiode...

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Published inJournal of forensic sciences Vol. 37; no. 1; p. 332
Main Authors Owsley, D W, Mann, R W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.1992
Subjects
Aged
Congenital Abnormalities - diagnostic imaging
Forensic Medicine - methods
Humans
Ilium - abnormalities
Ilium - diagnostic imaging
Lumbar Vertebrae - abnormalities
Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging
Male
Pelvic Bones - diagnostic imaging
Postmortem Changes
Radiography, Abdominal
Spine - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:Premortem and postmortem radiographs of the chest and abdomen are often available for comparison and provide a basis for making or rejecting an identification. The case reported here exemplifies the way that individualizing features, such as contours of bony elements, skeletal anomalies, and radiodensities and radiolucencies, are used in establishing personal identity.
ISSN:0022-1198
DOI:10.1520/JFS13238J