Utility of postmortem autopsy via whole-body imaging: Initial observations comparing MDCT and 3.0T MRI findings with autopsy findings

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 395-406

  Cha, Jang Gyu ^a   Kim, Dong Hun ^a   Kim, Dae Ho ^b   Paik, Sang Hyun ^a   Park, Jai Soung ^a   Park, Seong Jin ^a   Lee, Hae Kyung ^a   Hong, Hyun Sook ^a   Choi, Duek Lin ^c   Yang, Kyung Moo ^d   Chung, Nak Eun ^d   Lee, Bong Woo ^d   Seo, Joong Seok ^d  

^a Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Konyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d National Institute of Scientific Investigation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Forensic autopsy; Magnetic resonance (MR); Whole body imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PNEUMOTHORAX; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WHOLE BODY MRI;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 77954778115     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2010.11.4.395     Document Type: Article

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