Smith Deborah R, Limbird Keith G, Hoffman J Michael
Penrad Imaging, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
J Forensic Sci. 2002 Sep;47(5):937-9.
A case is described where a cranium from an unknown individual is identified by comparison of antemortem and postmortem computerized tomographic (CT) images of the bony structure of the skull. While on at least one occasion CT scans of individual cranial landmarks have been used to identify unknown remains, this study is remarkable because positive identification of a deceased individual was accomplished by performing a CT scan on an unidentified cranium and comparing multiple landmarks and images with corresponding features in an antemortem CT scan of a missing man. Bony details of the frontal and sphenoid sinuses, ethmoid and mastoid air cells, sagittal cranial suture, and the torcula (the internal occipital protuberance) were exactly the same on both CT scans, confirming them as the same person.
本文描述了一个案例，通过比较一名身份不明个体生前和死后颅骨结构的计算机断层扫描（CT）图像，成功识别出了该个体的颅骨。虽然此前至少有一次利用个体颅骨标志的CT扫描来识别身份不明的遗体，但本研究意义非凡，因为通过对一具身份不明的颅骨进行CT扫描，并将多个标志和图像与一名失踪男子生前CT扫描中的相应特征进行比较，实现了对一名死者的准确身份识别。两次CT扫描中，额窦和蝶窦、筛窦和乳突气房、颅骨矢状缝以及窦汇（枕内隆凸）的骨质细节完全相同，证实是同一人。
