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.

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Front cover
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Editors
Contributors
Section I. Introduction to Forensic Radiology
Chapter 1. Definitions in Forensics and Radiology
Chapter 2. Forensic Radiology in Historical Perspective
Chapter 3. Scope of Forensic Radiology
Section II. Coping with the Courts
Chapter 4. The Radiological Expert
Chapter 5. The Expert Witness as Viewed from the Bench
Chapter 6. The Radiologist in the Courtroom Witness Stand
Section III. Identification
Chapter 7. Identification of the Dead
Chapter 8. Radiological Identification
Chapter 9. Modern Cross-Sectional Imaging in Anthropology
Chapter 10. Radiographic Applications in Forensic Dental Identification
Chapter 11. Virtopsy
Chapter 12. Radiological Identification of Individual Remains
Chapter 13. Radiology in Mass Casualty Situations
Chapter 14. New Approaches to Radiology in Mass Casualty Situations
Section IV. Gunshot Wounds
Chapter 15. Forensic Radiology of Gunshot Wounds
Chapter 16. New Developments in Gunshot Analysis
Section V. Radiology of Abuse
Chapter 17. Child Abuse
Chapter 18. Abuse of Intimate Partners and of the Elderly
Section VI. Radiology in Nonviolent Crimes
Chapter 19. Smuggling/Border Control
Chapter 20. Forensic and Clinical Usage of X-rays in Body Packing
Chapter 21. Larceny
Chapter 22. Radiology of Fakes and Forgery in Art
Section VII. Virtual Imaging
Chapter 23. Reporting and Finding Expert Opinion
Chapter 24. Photogrammetry-Based Optical Surface Scanning
Chapter 25. Cross-Sectional Imaging and Swiss Virtobot Documentation and Analysis
Chapter 26. Clinical and Forensic Radiology Are Not the Same
Chapter 27. Postmortem Biopsy
Chapter 28. Postmortem Angiography
Chapter 29. Using Real 3D Data for Reconstruction
Chapter 30. Applications of Rapid-Prototyping Methods in Forensic Medicine
Chapter 31. Facial Reconstruction
Chapter 32. Virtopsy and Forensic Tissue Simulation and Synthetic Body Models
Section VIII. Facilities, Equipment, and Organization
Chapter 33. Organization and Management of Forensic Radiology
Chapter 34. Facility, Equipment, and Radiation Protection
Section IX. Forensic Radiological Technology
Chapter 35. Imaging in the Medical Examiner’s Facility
Chapter 36. Imaging in the Field
Chapter 37. Radiology of Special Objects, Antiquities, and Mummies
Chapter 38. Production of the Radiographic Image
Chapter 39. Radiographic Positioning
Index
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