Gunshot missile caliber and type estimation using superposition method by exit gunshot cranial vault fracture
- Authors: Semyonov V.V.1, Tsiatsiuyev A.M.1
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Affiliations:
- Belarussian State Medical University
- Issue: Vol 7, No 3 (2021)
- Pages: 180-185
- Section: CASE REPORTS
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2411-8729/article/view/122453
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/fm394
- ID: 122453
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A case of missile group identification by comparative examination using the image superposition method is presented. Identification was carried out using a skeletonized body vault exit gunshot fracture. The exit gunshot buttonhole fracture shape and dimensions reflected the bullet caliber and its flank profile. The entrance injury located on the anterior arch of the first cervical vertebra and the basilar part of the occipital bone, in this case, had no identification significance.
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Vyachaslav V. Semyonov
Belarussian State Medical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: vjach_ws@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6106-1806
SPIN-code: 1298-4821
Senior lecturer
Belarus, 220116, Minsk, Dzerzhinsky ave., 83Andrei M. Tsiatsiuyev
Belarussian State Medical University
Email: atetyuev@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9240-2661
SPIN-code: 2088-8111
MD, Cand. Sci (Med.); Assistant Professor
Belarus, 220116, Minsk, Dzerzhinsky ave., 83References
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Fig. 1. Entrance bullet injury of the atlas and occipital bone, front and bottom view.
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Fig. 2. General view from the outer surface of the base of the skull (a) and its cavity (b) of the basilar part of the occipital bone with a marginal entrance gunshot bullet injury.
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Fig. 3. General view from the outer (a) and inner (b) bone plates of the exit gunshot bullet perforated fracture of the left parietal bone.
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Fig. 4. Detailed view from the inner bone plate of the perforated left parietal bone defect (a); detailed views of side profile of jacketed bullets for 9×18 PM (b) and 9×19 Parabellum (c) cartridges.
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Fig. 5. Projectile (bullet) caliber (a) and type (b) determination using the superposition method with a reference jacketed bullet for 9×18 PM cartridge.
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Fig. 6. Evaluation of the superposition method comparative study results with reference jacketed bullets for cartridges 9×18 PM (a) and 9×19 Parabellum (b).
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