@article{ref1,
title="3D-print as a template for reassembly of skull fragments in a homicide case",
journal="Annals of 3D Printed Medicine",
year="2023",
author="Jakobsen, Søren Reinhold and Pedersen, Christina Carøe and Thomsen, Asser H. and Hansen, Kasper",
volume="12",
number="",
pages="e100137-e100137",
abstract="In this technical note we report a case where 3D-printing aided the reassembly of skull fragments in a homicide with severe tampering of the bones. A young male was shot, the body was incinerated and crushed with garden tools resulting in hundreds of brittle, calcine bone fragments from the skull. An antemortem computed tomography (CT)-scan of the skull was available from a previous assault of the victim. To aid the process of reassembly we used the antemortem CT-data to develop a 3D fixture-grid of the cranial cavity. The 3D grid was utilized as an anatomically correct template for bone reconstruction. This novel technique was based solely on open-source software including 3D Slicer and Blender and could have the potential to aid similar cases.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2666-9641",
doi="10.1016/j.stlm.2023.100137",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stlm.2023.100137"
}