Positive personal identity of skeletonized remains using abdominal and pelvic radiographs

Owsley, D.W.; Mann, R.W.

Journal of Forensic Sciences 37(1): 332-336

1992


ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1198
PMID: 1545209
Document Number: 396513
Premortem and postmortem radiographs of the chest and abdomen are often available for comparison and provide a basis for making or rejecting an identification. The case reported here exemplifies the way that individualizing features, such as contours of bony elements, skeletal anomalies, and radiodensities and radiolucencies, are used in establishing personal identity.

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