Imaging Techniques in Bone Analysis
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_157-2
Introduction
The main medical radiological imaging techniques used for forensic examination of skeletal material may be summarized as follows:
Radiography: The term radiography is generally used to describe a static or “still” two-dimensional image produced by means of a single exposure to X-rays (an energy form of ionizing radiation). Such images are now usually recorded and stored digitally but were previously recorded photographically on X-ray film.
Fluoroscopy: The term fluoroscopy is used to describe a two-dimensional image directly visualized in real-time motion produced by a continuous exposure to X-rays.
Tomography: Tomography employs a moving X-ray tube and image receptor to create an image of a plane or “slice” within an object. Originally developed in the 1930s to overcome the limitations of radiography as a two-dimensional imaging method, the application of digital detectors and computer science led to the development of:
Computed Axial Tomography: CAT or CT scanning...
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