Thermal insulation does not hamper assessment of injuries in trauma CT scans.

Purpose: The use of thermal insulations reduces the risk of hypothermia, therefore decreases the risk of death in trauma victims. The aim of the study was to assess whether thermal insulations cause artifacts, which may hinder the diagnosis of injuries, and how the used thermo-systems alter the radiation dose in polytrauma computed tomography.

Methods: Computed tomography scans were made using the road accident victim body wrapped consecutively with 7 different covers.

Postmortem computed tomography assessment of skeletal and dental age in Polish children, adolescents, and young adults.

This paper presents a retrospective analysis of postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) scans of secondary ossification centers in the medial clavicular epiphysis, iliac crest apophysis, proximal humeral epiphysis, distal femoral epiphysis, proximal tibial epiphysis, and distal tibial epiphysis. At the same time, we analyzed PMCT scans of the maxillary and mandibular incisors, canines, premolars, and molars. We assessed 203 corpses, whose age ranged from 2 to 30 years, including 156 males and 47 females.

Skeletal and dental age estimation via postmortem computed tomography in Polish subadults group.

This article is a retrospective analysis of postmortem computed tomography scans of ossification stages of the anterior and posterior intra-occipital sutures, the anterior arch of the atlas, and the neurocentral junction of the axis. We also analyzed the development of secondary ossification centers in the proximal humeral, femoral, and tibial epiphyses, and the distal femoral and tibial epiphyses. Additionally, the development of primary ossification centers in the wrist and metacarpals, and maxillary and mandibular deciduous tooth maturation.

The fusion of ossification centers - A comparative review of radiographic and other imaging modalities of age assessment in living groups of children, adolescents, and young adults.

A total of 227 articles published within the last twenty years, indexed in the PUBMED and Researchgate databases, were reviewed for the purpose of comparing medical imaging-based methods of age estimation. The evaluated studies were analyzed in terms of the assessed parts of the body, age, and epiphyseal fusion ages in children, adolescents, and young adults. Our analysis showed that an overwhelming majority of studies had been based on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.