[Measuring the thickness of facial soft tissues using nuclear magnetic resonance tomography for the purpose of identification]. / Dickenmessung der Gesichtsweichteile mit Hilfe der Kernspin-Tomographie zum Zwecke der Identifizierung.

Nuclear spin tomography since its beginnings in the seventies has steadily gained in importance as a method of examination in medical diagnostics as it produces a picture. In the field of forensic medicine the NMR technique as used for anatomic-anthropologic issues attempting to identify skulls this is a valuable supplement to an extension of the existing methods of investigation. The results of a measurement of the thickness of soft facial tissue in a live test person is shown as compared to measures obtained by sonography.