Whole Body Postmortem Magnetic Resonance Angiography

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 778-782

  Ruder, Thomas D ^a,b   Hatch, Gary M ^a   Ebert, Lars C ^a   Flach, Patricia M ^a,c   Ross, Steffen ^a,c   Ampanozi, Garyfalia ^a   Thali, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiography; Forensic radiology; Forensic science; Postmortem magnetic resonance imaging; Postmortem MR angiography; Postmortem radiology; Vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IOVERSOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84860189610     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.02037.x     Document Type: Article

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