654 Pages 1304 Color Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    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 field
    • Offers 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 crimes
    • Contains an entirely new section on virtual imaging and virtopsy
    • 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
    • Forensic and clinical usage of x-rays in body packing for drug smuggling
    • Imaging in the medical examiner’s facility and in the field
    • Radiology of special objects, antiquities, and mummies

    Introduction to Forensic Radiology

    Definitions in Forensics and Radiology; B.G. Brogdon

    Forensic Radiology in Historical Perspective; B.G. Brogdon and J.E. Lichtenstein

    Scope of Forensic Radiology; B.G. Brogdon

    Coping with the Courts

    The Radiological Expert; B.G. Brogdon

    The Expert Witness as Viewed from the Bench; H.M. Pitluck

    The Radiologist in the Courtroom Witness Stand: Good, Bad, and Indifferent; L. Berlin

    Identification

    Identification of the Dead; L. Riddick

    Radiological Identification: Antropological Parameters; B.G. Brogdon

    Modern Cross-Sectional Imaging in Anthropology; F. Dedouit, N. Telmon, H. Rousseau, E. Crubézy, F. Joffre, and D. Rougé

    Radiographic Applications in Forensic Dental Identification; R.A. Weems

    Virtopsy: Dental Scan and Body CT Imaging as a Screening Tool for Identification; M.J. Thali, U. Preiss, and S.A. Bolliger

    Radiological Identification of Individual Remains; B.G. Brogdon

    Radiology in Mass Casualty Situations; M.D. Viner and J.E. Lichtenstein

    New Approaches to Radiology in Mass Casualty Situations; A.D. Levy and H.T. Harcke

    Gunshot Wounds

    Forensic Radiology of Gunshot Wounds; B.G. Brogdon and J.M. Messmer

    New Developments in Gunshot Analysis; S.A. Bolliger, B.P. Kneubuehl, and M.J. Thali

    Radiology of Abuse

    Child Abuse; B.G. Brogdon

    Abuse of Intimate Partners and of the Elderly: An Overview; B.G. Brogdon and J.D. McDowell

    Radiology in Nonviolent Crimes

    Smuggling/Border Control; B.G. Brogdon, H. Vogel, and P.R. Algra

    Forensic and Clinical Usage of X-rays in Body Packing; P.M. Flach, S.G. Ross, and M.J. Thali

    Larceny; B.G. Brogdon

    Radiology of Fakes and Forgery in Art; A.E. James

    Virtual Imaging

    Reporting and Finding Expert Opinion: Virtopsy and the Logic of Scientific Discovery of K.R. Popper; R. Dirnhofer

    Photogrammetry-Based Optical Surface Scanning; S. Näther, U. Buck, and M.J. Thali

    Cross-Sectional Imaging and Swiss Virtobot Documentation and Analysis: Work Flow and Procedure; M. J. Thali, S.G. Ross, S. A. Bolliger, T. Germerott, P.M. Flach, L. C. Ebert, T. Ruder, M. Bolliger, U. Preiss, S. Mathier, L. Filograna, G. Hatch, and G. Ampanozi

    Clinical and Forensic Radiology Are not the Same; P.M. Flach, S.G. Ross, A. Christe, and M.J. Thali

    Postmortem Biopsy; S.G. Ross, L.C. Ebert, L. Filograna, and M.J. Thali

    Postmortem Angiography; S. G. Ross, P.M. Flach and M. J. Thali

    Using Real 3D Data for Reconstruction; U. Buck, S. Näther, and M.J. Thali

    Applications of Rapid-Prototyping Methods in Forensic Medicine; L.C. Ebert, S.G. Ross, and M.J. Thali

    Facial Reconstruction: New Approaches; G. Mahoney and C. Rynn

    Virtopsy and Forensic Tissue Simulation and Synthetic Body Models; M.J. Thali, B.P. Kneubuehl, and S.A. Bolliger

    Facilities, Equipment, and Organization

    Organization and Management of Forensic Radiology; M.D. Viner and P.F. Laudicina

    Facility, Equipment, and Radiation Protection; M.D. Viner, C.W. Newell, and C.M. Jalkh

    Forensic Radiological Technology

    Imaging in the Medical Examiner’s Facility; T. Blyth, E. Faircloth, G. Conlogue, and M.D. Viner

    Imaging in the Field; G. Conlogue, M.D. Viner, and N. Adams

    Radiology of Special Objects, Antiquities, and Mummies; G. Conlogue

    Essentials of Diagnostic Imaging

    Production of the Radiographic Image; C.W. Newell, C.M. Jalkh, and M.D. Viner

    Radiographic Positioning; C.W. Newell, C.M. Jalkh, and E. Faircloth

    Index

    Biography

    Michael J. Thali has written many virtual autopsy papers (see www.virtopsy.com) and is editor of the book The Virtopsy Approach. He has been a professor of forensic medicine at the University of Bern, Switzerland since 2006, and at the time of finishing this book is the director of the Forensic Institute at the University of Bern.

    Mark D. Viner is a Fellow of Cranfield University Forensic Institute, Chief Executive of the Inforce Foundation, and a Senior Manager at St. Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospitals. He has a long-held interest in forensic imaging and emergency planning, developed during almost 30 years of experience as radiographer and radiology manager in the United Kingdom.

    B.G. Brogdon’s interest and experience in forensic radiology goes back more than 40 years to a time when he was radiologist-in- charge at the Division of Diagnostic Radiology at Johns Hopkins. His involvement in the field continued throughout his tenures as professor and Chair of the Departments of Radiology at the University of New Mexico and, later, at the University of South Alabama where he is now University Distinguished Professor Emeritus.

    " … a reference work of unparalleled excellence for forensic scientists and judicial personnel. It is packed with useful information, is well-organized, and profusely illustrated. … a plethora of amazing radiographs and images, both black and white and in color. This book is a "must have" reference for not only radiologists, but for forensic scientists, especially forensic odontologists, medical examiners, and field investigators. Attorneys and others who must understand radiological findings in forensic cases will also want this book in their personal library."
    —Janet Barber Duval in Forensic Digest and Forensic Times

    " … this beautifully written book should not be confined to the libraries of physicians. … will be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of practitioners of forensic science of any sort."
    —Gregory G. Davis, M.D., in Journal of Forensic Science

    "The second edition of Brogdon’s Forensic Radiology is updated, timely, and extremely well organized. It should be considered the new reference standard for forensic imaging."
    American Journal of Roentgenology