Targeted post-mortem computed tomography cardiac angiography: Proof of concept

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 609-616

  Saunders, Sarah L ^a   Morgan, Bruno ^a   Raj, Vimal ^a   Robinson, Claire E ^a   Rutty, Guy N ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cardiac; Computed tomography; Forensic; Post mortem

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79960280594     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-011-0559-4     Document Type: Article

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