Antemortem identification by fusion of MR and CT of the paranasal sinuses

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology
Jakob HeimerThomas D Ruder

Abstract

Radiologic forensic identification is usually performed by comparing antemortem and postmortem radiographs. While computed tomography (CT) has become a valuable addition to radiologic identification, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has only rarely been used for this purpose. In our case, identification was accomplished using fused MR- and CT images in a survivor of a gunshot injury to the head. This case supports and highlights the possibility to perform intermodality radiologic identification comparing preexisting MR imaging to subsequently aquired CT data in living (or deceased) humans as long as manual modifications of windowing, color and contrast enable differentiation of the two modalities in the fused image.

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Jan 14, 2020·The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology·Mami NakamuraHiroshi Ikegaya
Nov 16, 2019·Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology·Vasiliki ChatzarakiWolf Schweitzer
Sep 5, 2018·Journal of Neuroradiology. Journal De Neuroradiologie·Lucile DeloireDouraïed Ben Salem

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