Sturdivan's formula revisited: MRI assessment of anterior chest wall thickness for injury risk prediction of blunt ballistic impact trauma  Matthias Frank, Volker Schorge, Katrin Hegenscheid, Anselm Angermaier, Axel Ekkernkamp, Norbert Hosten, Ralf Puls, Soenke Langner  Forensic Science International  Volume 212, Issue 1, Pages 110-114 (October 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.05.022 Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Location of the five measuring points over the tracheal bifurcation (TB). Measurements of chest wall thickness and thickness of adipose tissue were taken perpendicularly to the chest wall at the point of intersection between body surface and the angle bisector of sagittal-axis and coronal-axis right and left (Points 1 and 5), parasternal right and left (Points 2 and 4), and directly over the sternum (Point 3). Measuring points in the plane over the left ventricle (LV) were defined in the same way. Forensic Science International 2011 212, 110-114DOI: (10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.05.022) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 Plot of measured chest wall thickness (in mm, ten measurements were averaged in each subject) against body weight (in kg) for 250 males. Forensic Science International 2011 212, 110-114DOI: (10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.05.022) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions

Fig. 3 Plot of measured chest wall thickness (in mm, ten measurements were averaged in each subject) against body mass index (in kg/m2) for 250 males. Forensic Science International 2011 212, 110-114DOI: (10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.05.022) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions