Virtual CT autopsy in clinical pathology: Feasibility in clinical autopsies

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 461, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-219

  Westphal, Saskia E ^a   Apitzsch, Jonas ^a   Penzkofer, Tobias ^a,b   Mahnken, Andreas H ^a,b   Knüchel, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autopsy rate germany; Autopsy study; CT; Europe; pmCT; Virtual autopsy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTOXICATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867400499     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-012-1257-4     Document Type: Article

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