ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1985
Page Count: 4

Shadow Positioning Technique: A Method for Postmortem Identification
Fitzpatrick, JJ
Acting chairman, Cook County Hospital, IL

Macaluso, J
applications specialist, Philips Medical Systems, IL

(Received 26 November 1984; accepted 5 February 1985)

Abstract

Radiology is increasingly being used as a means of postmortem identification. We have devised a shadow positioning technique by which a postmortem radiograph of a skeletal part can exactly duplicate an antemortem radiograph, thus, facilitating identification by comparison of the antemortem and postmortem radiographs. The antemortem radiograph can be of any skeletal part and taken in any position.

Keywords:
forensic science, X-ray analyses, human identification

Paper ID: JFS11065J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11065J
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