ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section 1|39 pages
Introduction to Forensic Radiology
part Section II|35 pages
Coping with the Courts
part Section III|131 pages
Identification
part Section IV|44 pages
Gunshot Wounds
part Section V|41 pages
Radiology of Abuse
part Section VI|53 pages
Radiology in Nonviolent Crimes
part Section VII|141 pages
Virtual Imaging
chapter 23|13 pages
Reporting and Finding Expert Opinion
chapter 25|19 pages
Cross-Sectional Imaging and Swiss Virtobot Documentation and Analysis
part Section VIII|30 pages
Facilities, Equipment, and Organization
part Section IX|44 pages
Forensic Radiological Technology
part Section X|54 pages
Essentials of Diagnostic Imaging