Postmortem computed tomography of cadavers embalmed for use in teaching gross anatomy

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 949-954

  Chew, Felix S ^a,b   Relyea Chew, Annemarie ^a,b   Ochoa, E Ricardo ^a,c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver; Gross anatomy; Medical education; Postmortem CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

BEAM HARDENING; CADAVER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; ENHANCED LEARNING; FIRST YEAR; GROSS ANATOMY; MEDICAL SCHOOLS; MULTI-DETECTORS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; POSTMORTEM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC;

DISSECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33750730319     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000232473.30033.c8     Document Type: Article

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