Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- 1: Introduction -- References -- 2: Methods of Forensic Imaging -- 2.1 Conventional X-Ray -- 2.2 Postmortem Computed Tomography (PMCT) -- 2.3 Postmortem Angiography -- 2.3.1 PMA for Investigating Trauma Cases -- 2.4 Postmortem Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PMMRI) -- 2.5 3D-Surface Documentation -- 2.5.1 Methods -- 2.5.1.1 3D-Surface Scanners -- 2.5.1.2 Photogrammetry -- 2.5.1.3 Fusion of Data Coming from Different Technologies -- 2.5.2 Working in the Virtual Crime or Accident Scene -- 2.5.3 3D Printing and 3D Identification -- 2.6 Ultrasound -- 2.7 Scintigraphy -- 2.8 Clinical Forensic Imaging -- References -- 3: Blunt Trauma -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Most Suited Imaging Methods in Blunt Trauma -- 3.2.1 Blunt Traumas to the Teguments and Muscles -- 3.2.2 Head Injuries -- 3.2.2.1 Skull Fractures -- 3.2.2.2 Facial Fractures -- 3.2.2.3 Intracranial Haemorrhages and Cerebral Injuries -- 3.2.3 Injuries of the Chest -- 3.2.3.1 Rib Injuries -- 3.2.3.2 Lung Injuries -- 3.2.3.3 Heart Injuries and Pericardium Rupture -- 3.2.3.4 Aortic Ruptures, Great Vessel, Periaortic Small Vessel Injuries and Diaphragmatic Rupture -- 3.2.4 Abdominopelvic Injuries -- 3.2.4.1 Solid Organs -- 3.2.4.2 Hollows Organs -- 3.2.4.3 Abdominal Aortic Ruptures -- 3.2.4.4 Pelvic Fractures -- 3.2.5 Injuries to the Extremities -- 3.2.6 Injuries to the Spine -- 3.2.7 Particularities of Chop Wounds -- 3.2.7.1 In |