Antemortem identification by fusion of MR and CT of the paranasal sinuses.

Heimer, Jakob; Gascho, Dominic; Gentile, Simon; Hatch, Gary M; Thali, Michael J; Ruder, Thomas (2017). Antemortem identification by fusion of MR and CT of the paranasal sinuses. Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 13(3), pp. 375-378. Springer 10.1007/s12024-017-9873-6

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Radiologic forensic identification is usually performed by comparing antemortem and postmortem radiographs. While computed tomography (CT) has become a valuable addition to radiologic identification, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has only rarely been used for this purpose. In our case, identification was accomplished using fused MR- and CT images in a survivor of a gunshot injury to the head. This case supports and highlights the possibility to perform intermodality radiologic identification comparing preexisting MR imaging to subsequently aquired CT data in living (or deceased) humans as long as manual modifications of windowing, color and contrast enable differentiation of the two modalities in the fused image.

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