Erschienen in:
01.05.2006 | Technical Note
Maximum intensity projection of cranial computed tomography data for dental identification
verfasst von:
C. Jackowski, E. Aghayev, M. Sonnenschein, R. Dirnhofer, M. J. Thali
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Legal Medicine
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Ausgabe 3/2006
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Abstract
Dental radiographs play the major role in the identification of victims in mass casualties besides DNA. Under circumstances such as those caused by the recent tsunami in Asia, it is nearly impossible to document the entire dentition using conventional x-rays as it would be too time consuming. Multislice computed tomography can be used to scan the dentition of a deceased within minutes, and the postprocessing software allows visualization of the data adapted to every possible antemortem x-ray for identification. We introduce the maximum intensity projection of cranial computed tomography data for the purpose of dental identification exemplarily in a case of a burned corpse. As transportable CT scanners already exist, these could be used to support the disaster victim identification teams in the field.