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Imaging for Ballistic Trauma: Other Applications of Forensic Imaging in the Living

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Firearms are mechanical instruments that allow launching remote specific bodies with mass (bullets) exploiting burst gas energy.

The role of imaging for ballistic trauma is crucial in order to define the main characteristics for both judiciary and nonjudiciary purpose, which are the intracorporeal trajectory, the entrance and exit wounds, and the general characteristics of gunshot injuries.

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    Salvatore Serraino, Sergio Salerno & Massimo Midiri

  2. Department of Sciences for the Promotion of Health and Maternal and Child Care “G. D’Alessandro”, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Livio Milone & Antonina Argo

  3. Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Dario Picone

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Serraino, S., Milone, L., Picone, D., Argo, A., Salerno, S., Midiri, M. (2020). Imaging for Ballistic Trauma: Other Applications of Forensic Imaging in the Living. In: Lo Re, G., Argo, A., Midiri, M., Cattaneo, C. (eds) Radiology in Forensic Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96737-0_15

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