Journal Published Online: 01 January 1992
Volume 37, Issue 1

Positive Personal Identity of Skeletonized Remains Using Abdominal and Pelvic Radiographs

CODEN: JFSCAS

Abstract

Premortem and postmortem radiographs of the chest and abdomen are often available for comparison and provide a basis for making or rejecting an identification. The case reported here exemplifies the way that individualizing features, such as contours of bony elements, skeletal anomalies, and radiodensities and radiolucencies, are used in establishing personal identity.

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Owsley, DW
National Museum of Natural History 112 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Mann, RW
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Pages: 5
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Stock #: JFS13238J
ISSN: 0022-1198
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13238J