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Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Visual Overview, Version 2

The Mechanism of Injury in the Shaken Baby Syndrome by Dan W. Davis, CD-ROM and videotape, $260, Expert Digital Solutions, Edina, Minn, 1999.
Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Visual Overview, Version 2 by James Lauridson, Alex Levin, Rob Parrish, Amy Wicks, CD-ROM, $300, National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome, Ogden, Utah, 2002.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:1271.

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As a medical student, I studied a slide tape demonstration of inguinal anatomy and hernia repair over and over again. Hours of study led me to eventual mastery of this color-coded inguinal canal, knowledge that I have retained but never used in the ensuing decades. Early multimedia tools such as these have been superseded in medical education by elaborate computer-generated graphics and animations. Similarly, courtroom demonstrations of injuries and accidents have advanced from photographs and poster-sized drawings to frequent use of custom computer animations.

Shaken baby syndrome, like the inguinal canal, is best understood visually and dynamically. Lauridson and Davis, both forensic pathologists, have separately developed computer animations to illustrate the anatomical and pathological characteristics of this complex syndrome. The publishers of both programs state that a primary aim is to assist the expert medical witness in courtroom testimony.

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