Post-mortem computed tomography ventilation; Simulating breath holding

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-146

  Robinson, C ^a   Biggs, M J ^b   Amoroso, J ^b   Pakkal, M ^a   Morgan, B ^a   Rutty, G N ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Lungs; Post mortem; Ventilation; Whole body

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BREATH HOLDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; BREATH HOLDING; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84891829586     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-013-0943-3     Document Type: Article

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