Beiträge zur gerichtlichen Medizin
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Beitr. Gerichtl. Med. · Jan 1990
[Expert systems in forensic medicine. Pilot project in the differential diagnosis of death caused by hanging].
The special field of legal medicine represents a very heterogeneous science, which makes it impossible, that a forensic pathologist could be an "expert" in all areas. The most recent achievements of computer-technology have opened up the possibility of being able to use a PC to produce an "expert system", for with large computer programs are needed. ⋯ The discrepancy between the relatively scanty amount of statistically reliable data on the one hand and the complexity of the manifestation of death by hanging on the other hand proved to be the main problem. Although we are not yet able to make an expert system available which meets all our requirements, we are convinced, that in the future computer-aided diagnosis may be of great use for work in legal medicine.
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Beitr. Gerichtl. Med. · Jan 1989
[Forensic medicine roentgen studies in gunshot wounds of the skull].
14 X-ray examined deaths caused by cranial bullet injuries are described. Three of them are demonstrated. ⋯ An antero-posterior and a lateral view are necessary. Little parts of the bullet and bone meal particles may be visible in radiographs along the path of the bullet; using normal technique of autopsy those details may not be visible.
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Beitr. Gerichtl. Med. · Jan 1989
Case Reports[Isolated stab wound without preliminary stab wounds--suicide or homicide?].
The diagnosis suicidal or homicidal stab injury of the heart affords a very close cooperation of the police and the forensic pathologist. In the first six months of 1988 the institut of forensic medicine of the MHH was obliged to four cases of isolated stab wound of the heart without other injuries with the question of suicidal action. The differentiation between suicide and homicide in two fatal cases was possible, considering as well autopsy results, as the facts found at the place of death and surrounding investigation results.
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Beitr. Gerichtl. Med. · Jan 1989
[Expert assessment of the blood alcohol value in traffic accidents].
100 written medical expertises of 14 medical experts concerning blood alcohol in court cases (traffic) were compared and analysed. Methods of calculations and results were different. It would be advisable if experts in Austria could reach a general agreement about their proceedings in determination of blood alcohol.