Postmortem angiography: Review of former and current methods

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 832-838

  Grabherr, Silke ^a   Djonov, Valentin ^b   Yen, Kathrin ^a   Thali, Michael J ^a   Dirnhofer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Conventional angiography; CT angiography; Postmortem angiography; X ray technology

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BARIUM SULFATE; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; DIATRIZOATE; DIESEL FUEL; FORMALDEHYDE; GELATIN; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; LEAD; MEGLUMINE IOXITALAMATE PLUS SODIUM IOXITALAMATE; METAL; NEOPRENE; NYLON; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYESTER; POLYURETHAN; POTASSIUM IODIDE; SILICONE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; DIAGNOSIS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33847219352     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0787     Document Type: Review

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