[Determining in the circumstances of head injuries]

Due to the common character of head injuries and the risk involved, the litigation offices are often interested in reconstructing the circumstances of such injuries (their number, localization, time, differentiating active and passive traumas). The paper presents the possibilities and limitations of the methods evaluating the circumstances of head injuries used so far and the chances created by new techniques of computer imaging of head soft tissue structures. Moreover, the author discusses the evident value of external injuries to the head, various cranial fractures (in relation to deducing on the basis of single fractures) and foci of brain contusion. The usefulness of modern imaging methods (CT and MR) demonstrating the extracranial injuries to soft tissues was emphasized.