Ed Susman

Clinical
Computer-aided dental radiograph system quickly identifies victims of mass disasters
CHICAGO - In 1985, it took 2,800 forensic specialists more than three months to identify the remains of the 520 victims in Japan's worst commercial air disaster. If an experimental identification system had been available then, the identification could have been accomplished in about nine days.
November 26, 2007
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