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Forensische Radiologie

Forensic radiology

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Zusammenfassung

Die forensische Radiologie umfasst die klinische und die postmortale forensische Radiologie. Erstere beschäftigt sich mit der Bildgebung unter juristischen Aspekten an gesunden (Altersdiagnostik) oder verletzten Personen (Verkehrsunfall, Rohheitsdelikt). Die postmortale forensische Radiologie beinhaltet die Anwendung moderner radiologischer Verfahren zur Optimierung der Leichendiagnostik. Postmortale Röntgenuntersuchungen werden seit Jahrzehnten routinemäßig eingesetzt. Die postmortale Computer- und Magnetresonanztomographie sind bildgebende Verfahren mit dem höchsten Informationspotenzial, jedoch auch mit den größten Abweichungen von der Lebenddiagnostik. Der Einsatz bildgebender Verfahren als Beweismittelerhebung im Strafverfahren steckt bislang noch in seinen Anfängen. Das technische Know-how und die Kenntnis der liegezeitabhängigen Veränderungen einer Leiche von Radiologen und Rechtsmedizinern müssen zusammengeführt werden.

Abstract

Forensic radiology includes both clinical and postmortem forensic radiology. Clinical forensic radiology deals with imaging of healthy people from a legal point of view, such as for determining age or to prove and document injuries in victims of crime. Postmortem forensic radiology deals with the application of modern radiological methods in order to optimise post-mortem diagnosis. X-ray examination has for decades been routinely used in postmortem diagnosis. Newer developments include the application of postmortem computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging; these are the methods with the greatest information potential but also with the greatest deviations from diagnostics in living persons. Application of radiological methods for securing evidence in criminal procedures is still in its infancy. Radiologists’ technical understanding and forensic doctors’ knowledge of postmortem changes in a corpse must be synergised.

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Stein, K., Grünberg, K. Forensische Radiologie. Radiologe 49, 73–86 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00117-008-1732-8

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