Is 'virtual histology' the next step after the 'virtual autopsy'? Magnetic resonance microscopy in forensic medicine

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1131-1138

  Thali, M J ^a,b   Dirnhofer, R ^a   Becker, R ^b   Oliver, W ^b   Potter, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D virtual histology; Burn injury; Electric injury; Forensic radiology; Hinshaw Pearse stain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance microscopy; Micro virtopsy; Noninvasive autopsy; Skin; Virtopsy; Virtual autopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INJURY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SKIN; SKIN EDEMA; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY; SKIN;

EID: 7544232172     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2004.08.019     Document Type: Article

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