A brief history of forensic radiology -- Strenghts and limits of conventional forensic medicine -- Medico-Legal aspects of forensic radiology -- Imaging techniques for forensic radiology in living -- Imaging techniques for postmortem forensic radiology -- Radiology in archeology: fundamentals and perspective -- Interpretation of diagnostic imaging for medico-legal issues -- Forensic Anthropology: Personal identification in living individuals -- Radiological age estimation: methods and applications -- Traffic accidents -- Violence and abuse part 1: battered child -- Violence and abuse part 2: domestic abuse -- Violence and abuse part 3: elderly abuse syndrome -- Penetrating and non penetrating trauma -- Imaging for ballistic trauma -- Body Packing -- Occupational Diseases -- Lie Detection Technology in the era of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Forensic Anthropology: post-mortem personal identification -- Conventional Radiology for post-mortem imaging -- Post-mortem Computed Tomography: from acquisition to reporting -- Post-mortem Magnetic Resonance: from acquisition to reporting -- Technical perspectives in post-mortem imaging -- Imaging for forensic thanatology -- Postmortem imaging in mass disasters -- Postmortem imaging in drowning -- Imaging in sudden unexpected natural deaths -- Foetal Postmortem imaging -- Brain imaging in post-mortem forensic radiology -- Pitfalls on Postmortem Imaging: the need of blending conventional and virtual autopsy -- Bioethical aspects on Postmortem Imaging. .

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the forensic and radiological aspects of pathological findings, focusing on the most relevant medico-legal issues, such as virtual autopsy (virtopsy), anthropometric identification, post-mortem decomposition features and the latest radiological applications used in forensic investigations. Forensic medicine and radiology are becoming increasingly relevant in the international medical and legal field as they offer essential techniques for determining cause of death and for anthropometric identification. This is highly topical in light of public safety and economic concerns arising as a result of mass migration and international tensions. The book discusses the latest technologies applied in the forensic field, in particular computed tomography and magnetic resonance, which are continuously being updated. Radiological techniques are fundamental in rapidly providing a full description of the damage inflicted to add to witness and medical testimonies, and forensic/radiological anthropology supplies valuable evidence in cases of violence and abuse. Written by international experts, it is of interest to students and residents in forensic medicine and radiology. It also presents a new approach to forensic investigation for lawyers and police special corps as well as law enforcement agencies.