Postmortem abdominal CT: Assessing normal cadaveric modifications and pathological processes

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 639-647

  Charlier, P ^a,d   Carlier, R ^a   Roffi, F ^a   Ezra, J ^a   Chaillot, P F ^a   Duchat, F ^b   Huynh Charlier, I ^c   Lorin De La Grandmaison, G ^a  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Abdominal non enhanced CT scan; Cadaveric modifications; Misdiagnosis; Post mortem; Virtual autopsies

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOREIGN BODY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; INCIDENTALOMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858276054     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.01.054     Document Type: Article

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