The artefacts of death: CT post-mortem findings

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 203-210

  Sutherland, Tom ^a,b   O'Donnell, Chris ^c,d  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

artefact; autopsy; post mortem CT

Indexed keywords

AGONAL PERIOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOLYSIS; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; BRAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DECOMPOSITION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVOR MORTIS; LUNG; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85044968352     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.12691     Document Type: Article

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