Postmortem CT angiography: Capabilities and limitations in traumatic and natural causes of death

Radiographics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 830-846

  Ross, Steffen G ^a,b   Bolliger, Stephan A ^a   Ampanozi, Garyfalia ^a   Oesterhelweg, Lars ^c   Thali, Michael J ^a   Flach, Patricia M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FRACTURE; HEART LUNG MACHINE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INJURY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; BLOOD COAGULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEART-LUNG MACHINE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84900404245     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.343115169     Document Type: Article

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