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The "computer-assisted" or "computer-enhanced" lateral autopsy X-ray is readily found online. However, the "un-enhanced" lateral Xray (https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/hsca/reportvols/vol7/html/HSCA_Vol7_0060b.htm) contains a few important and overlooked details: The information (e.g., the sella turcica) used to orient the image as a "right" lateral X-ray in the "computer-assisted" version) are not actually visible in the base "un-enhanced" image upon which the "computer assisted" version is purportedly based. The original HSCA caption describes it as showing the "occipital defect"--which is medical-speak for "hole at the back of the head." Note the stuff at the bottom of the image--the spinal column and the two mastoid processes on either side of it, which are cropped out of the "computer assisted" image. When one tries to overlay the "computer-assisted" over the "un-enhanced" X-ray, there is little to no correspondence in the shape of the skull and other landmarks--and these are supposed to be the same X-ray! However, when one overlays the "pre-mortem" ("living") X-ray over the "computer assisted" image, there is excellence correspondence between the sickle-shaped sella turcica (which helps to orient the location of the face) and the shape of the skull--correspondence that does not exist between the "computer assisted" X-ray and the "un-enhanced" version of what is supposed to be the same X-ray. What all this means, is that the commonly found and referenced "computer assisted" image is actually a composite of the pre-mortem "living" X-ray and the "un-enhanced" lateral image. And if one orients the "occipital defect" in the "un-enhanced" image to the back of the head where it belongs, one can see that it indicates a bullet fragment trail from the forehead location moving towards the back of the head. (If one orients the fragment trail as originating from the back of the head, it is too high for either the EOP or the "cowlick" entry locations.) I've written an article on the HSCA X-rays on my website, at https://www.a-benign-conspiracy.com/hsca-published-x-rays.html . I invite you to give it a read.

David Mantik's new abstract was just published in the peer reviewed medical journal, Medical Research Archives. The essay can be found and downloaded (or read online) for free at this link: The John F. Kennedy Autopsy X-Rays: The Saga of the Largest "Metallic Fragment" Highly recommended reading.