Dating neurological injury
Subtitle: a forensic guide for radiologists, other expert medical witnesses, and attorneys
By: Jeff L. Creasy
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9781607612490; 9781607612506
Subjects: Forensic neurology; Methods; Expert Testimony; Brain; Radiography; Imaging; Brain Injuries; Forensic Medicine; Wounds and injuries; Diagnostic Imaging
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The structure of the normal brain and its imaging appearance; title: The general appearance of edema and hemorrhage on CT, MR and US (including a general introduction to CT, MR and US scanning); title: The basics of contrast and its role in dating; title: How the imaging appearance of edema and hemorrhage change over time on CT, MR, and US: dynamic (acute) dating; title: Patterns of parenchymal injury: pattern (chronic) dating; title: Principles of dynamic dating in the medical legal setting; title: Principles of pattern dating in the medical legal setting; title: Therefore, what can be said based on the images, and what can't be said based on the images; title: The root causes of uncertainty in dating neurologic events based on imaging findings.