COMPUTER-ASSISTED SIMULATION OF CONVENTIONAL ROENTGENOGRAMS FROM 3-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY (CT) DATA - AN AID IN THE IDENTIFICATIONOF UNKNOWN CORPSES (FOXSIS)

A computer simulation program (Forensic X-ray Simulation and Identific ation System, FoXSIS) is presented. FoXSIS calculates conventional X-r ay summation images using any scanning parameters from three-dimension al CT data records. All those parameters decisive for X-ray morphology are freely selectable for realistic simulations: focus-object distanc e, object-film distance,centring of the X-ray beam, the location of th e object in the path of rays, brightness and contrast, as well as para llel and central projection. In addition, distance and angle measureme nts, as well as enlargements of details are possible. The program may be expected to help in the identification of unknown corpses now, and even more in the future on account of the increased use of clinical co mputed tomographies.