Whole-body post-mortem computed tomography angiography of a newborn revealing transposition of great arteries

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1253-1258

  Woźniak, Krzysztof Jerzy ^a   Moskała, Artur ^a   Kluza, Piotr ^a   Romaszko, Karol ^a   Lopatin, Oleksiy ^a   Rzepecka Woźniak, Ewa ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

PMCTA; Post mortem examination; Post mortem imaging; Technique; TGA; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84943785079     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-015-1267-2     Document Type: Article

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