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ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2017

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

Jakob Heimer, Dominic Gascho, Simon Gentile, Gary M Hatch, Michael J Thali, Thomas D Ruder

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Article in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The current state of forensic imaging - post mortem imaging.International journal of legal medicine · 2025
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6 authors.

Jakob HeimerInstitute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, 8057, Zurich, CH, Switzerland. Jakob.Heimer@irm.uzh.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3499-8801
Dominic GaschoInstitute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, 8057, Zurich, CH, Switzerland.
Simon GentileInstitute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, 8057, Zurich, CH, Switzerland.
Gary M HatchCenter for Forensic Imaging, Departments of Radiology and Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, USA.
Michael J ThaliInstitute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, 8057, Zurich, CH, Switzerland.
Thomas D RuderInstitute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, 8057, Zurich, CH, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

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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Magnetic Resonance ImagingMultidetector Computed TomographyAdultBiometric IdentificationHead Injuries, PenetratingHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMaleParanasal SinusesWounds, GunshotComputed tomographyForensic identificationForensic radiologyMagnetic resonance imagingParanasal sinuses

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