SynthesisInternational journal of legal medicine2019
Radiological investigation of gunshot wounds: a systematic review of published evidence.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Arrow entrance wounds with blackened margins simulating bullet wipe.International journal of legal medicine · 2020Pooled it
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- Case analysis and finite element analysis of adult head skull fractures in people run over by motor vehicles.Forensic sciences research · 2025Article
- [Forensic-radiological diagnosis of gunshot wounds].Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- The Precision, Inter-Rater Reliability, and Accuracy of a Handheld Scanner Equipped with a Light Detection and Ranging Sensor in Measuring Parts of the Body-A Preliminary Validation Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Systematic Review of Penetrating Cardiac Injury by a Firearm: Forensic Implications.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Imaging of penetrating vascular trauma of the body and extremities secondary to ballistic and stab wounds.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2023Article
- Interpol review of forensic firearm examination 2019-2022.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2023Review
- Entrapment within an ottoman storage bed: an unusual accidental asphyxial death.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2022Article
- The G2 research R.I.P. fragmenting bullet-radiographic features of a recently encountered projectile.Skeletal radiology · 2020Article
- Hidden shot pellets on postmortem computed tomography and their utilization for radiologic identification of decedents.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2020Article
- Synergy of CT and MRI in detecting trajectories of lodged bullets in decedents and potential hazards concerning the heating and movement of bullets during MRI.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionDespite the constantly growing popularity of radiological imaging in forensic pathology, a systematic review investigating the efficiency and limits of radiological techniques, in comparison to forensic autopsy, was still missing.
aimThe present review aims at providing an overview on the current role of radiology in the forensic investigation of fatal gunshot wounds without any restriction to specific radiological techniques. MATERIAL AND
methodsA systematic literature search on three databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and Science Direct) was performed until December 2017. The Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (OCEBM) grading system for levels of evidence was applied, in order to weigh published evidence. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Eighty-six papers (1.64% of the records) were included. Despite the quite limited general level of evidence, which contrasts with the abundance of the scientific literature on this topic, several recommendations/statements, coupled to their OCEBM grade, were distilled as for the identification of retained bullets, gunshot wounds detection, diagnosis of entrance and exit wounds, trajectories and internal injury detection and estimation of the firing distance.
conclusionsImaging radiological technologies represent the present and future of wound ballistics. However, traditional, micro and molecular imaging techniques require further validation through blinded cross-sectional studies with appropriate reference standards (e.g. forensic autopsy).
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