Visualisation of contrast-filled stab wounds in various tissue types with computed tomography

Visualisation of contrast-filled stab wounds in various tissue types with computed tomography

Background: Stab wounds are common in homicide cases. Post-mortem multislice computed tomography (PMCT) has proved to be a useful tool in forensic examinations of victims of sharp force trauma, but due the limited resolution of soft tissues, the radiological depiction of a stab channel is difficult. In this study, we have tried to obtain information about the shape of a knife blade by CT scanni...

Use of computed tomography in anterior abdominal stab wounds: results of a prospective study.

HYPOTHESIS Computed tomography (CT) can be used to evaluate patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds (AASWs). DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Academic level I trauma center. PATIENTS AND METHODS All of the patients sustaining AASWs, excluding those with hemodynamic instability, peritonitis, or omental evisceration, were admitted for serial abdominal examinations with o...

Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography

Correlation Between Tissue Densities in Computed Tomography and Three Different Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Units (In Vitro)

Background and Aim: Bone density is of great assistance in the selection of the proper implant site. The present study aimed to assess the correlation between tissue densities in computed tomography (CT) and three different cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) units. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, a radiographic phantom consisting of a transparent polymethyl methacrylate (PM...

A study of stab wounds.

A study was made of patients with stab wounds who attended the Accident and Emergency Department of Glasgow Royal Infirmary during 1978 and 1983. There were 318 patients. The majority, 304 (96%), were males. A total of 87 (27%) were teenagers. The most common sites of the wounds were the chest (143 patients) and the abdomen (113 patients). The features of the patients and their wounds are compa...