Feasibility of post mortem cardiac proton density weighted fast field echo imaging in two cases of sudden death

Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 310-314

  Crooijmans, Hendrikus J A ^a   Ruder, Thomas D ^b,c   Eggert, Sebastian ^b   Paula, Pia ^b   Thali, Michael J ^b   Bieri, Oliver ^a   Schweitzer, Wolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Fast field echo; Forensic radiology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Post mortem magnetic resonance imaging; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOT; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAST FIELD ECHO; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RUPTURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POST MORTEM MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON DENSITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBUS;

CARDIAC IMAGING; FAST FIELD ECHO; FORENSIC RADIOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POST-MORTEM MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VIRTOPSY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; PROTONS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84886441486     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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