Forensic pathological evaluation of postmortem pulmonary CT high-density areas in serial autopsy cases of sudden cardiac death

Forensic Science International

Volumn 232, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 199-205

  Michiue, Tomomi ^a   Ishikawa, Takaki ^a   Oritani, Shigeki ^a   Kamikodai, Yasunobu ^a   Tsuda, Kohei ^a   Okazaki, Shuji ^a   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Forensic radiology; Hypostasis; Postmortem CT; Pulmonary congestion; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY POSTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SUPINE POSITION; TIME OF DEATH; WITNESS;

FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC RADIOLOGY; HYPOSTASIS; POSTMORTEM CT; PULMONARY CONGESTION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PULMONARY EDEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882944304     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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