Virtopsy, a new imaging horizon in forensic pathology: Virtual autopsy by postmortem multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - A feasibility study

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 386-403

  Thali, Michael J ^a   Ye, Kathrin ^a   Schweitzer, Wolf ^a   Vock, Peter ^a   Boesch, Chris ^a   Ozdoba, Christoph ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a   Ith, Michael ^a   Sonnenschei, Martin ^a   Doernhoefer, Tanja ^a   Scheurer, Eva ^a   Plattner, Thomas ^a   Dirnhofer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Digital autopsy; Forensic radiology; Forensic science; Magnetic resonance imaging; Postmortem; Virtopsy; Virtual autopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BONE INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TISSUE INJURY; VIRTUAL AUTOPSY;

EID: 0037346267     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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