Forensic imaging specialists put their case for mainstream recognition at ECR
March 8, 2009
Vienna, Sunday 8th March 2009
Over 200 delegates packed into the forensic imaging session at the annual European Congress of Radiology this afternoon to hear specialists put their case for mainstream recognition within the imaging professions. The late afternoon was so well attended that many delegates were turned away.
The programme, organised by the International Association of Forensic Radiographers at the request of ECR was chaired by Jonathan McNulty of University College Dublin and Dr Adrian Thomas of The Princess Royal Hospital, Bromley UK.
Mark Viner of IAFR and The Inforce Foundation openned the session by giving an overview of role of radiography in the investigation of skeletalised human remains and detailed recent advances in both imaging and other the forensic sciences in the forensic examination of the hard tissues. Catherine Rock, chair of the IAFR then presented the work of the UK forencic Radiography Response Team from its early beginnings in the late 1990's through its work in identifying the victims of the terrorist bomings in London in 2005 and detailed it's current developments as part of the UK Disaaster Victim Identification team. The session was completed by Dr Michael Thali of the Virtopsy Institute in Bern, Switzerland who explained his work in the use of modern imaging 3D techniques including CT and MRI scanning and presented a vision of forensic pathology in the 21st Century.
Paula Gould previewed the session in Diagnostic Imaging Magazine.
