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Computer-Assisted Virtual Autopsy Using Surgical Navigation Techniques [PDF]
UNLABELLED OBJECTIVE; Virtual autopsy methods, such as postmortem CT and MRI, are increasingly being used in forensic medicine. Forensic investigators with little to no training in diagnostic radiology and medical laypeople such as state's attorneys ...
Wolf Schweitzer, Thomas Ruder
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Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of virtual autopsy through PMCT with particular focus on Italy
Objectives: Over the last decades interest has grown in the use of virtual autopsy through PMCT as an adjunct or alternative to the invasive autopsy.
Laura Filograna, Simone Grassi
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Perceptions of near virtual autopsies
Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2011We present for the first time to our knowledge an insight into pathology/medico-legal practitioners' and general public perceptions' of the use of computed tomography (CT) scanning as an alterative to the invasive autopsy.The study arises from questionnaires at two professional meetings before and after an informative talk on the current use of CT in ...
Rutty, GN, Rutty, JE
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Virtual autopsy: time for a clinical trial
Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 2013In this paper we put forward the idea that forensic pathologists need to start thinking differently about our core activity. It may now be time to move beyond the classical autopsy and embrace a new approach. However, the present discussion is only applicable to death investigation systems that have, or can develop, capacity in postmortem CT/MR imaging.
Michael S, Pollanen, Noel, Woodford
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Virtopsy versus digital autopsy: virtuous autopsy
La radiologia medica, 2009Multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are being increasingly implemented in forensic pathology. These methods may serve as an adjuvant to classic forensic autopsies. Imaging of the interior of corpses is performed using MSCT and/or MRI. MRI, in addition, is also well suited to the examination of surviving victims of
POMARA, CRISTOFORO +3 more
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Virtues of the Virtual Autopsy
Scientific American, 2012The article discusses the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scanning for conducting virtual autopsies is discussed. Cause of death analysis and religious objections to dissection are discussed, as well as research into medical care and postmortem policies in Australia and the U.S.
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DIGITAL ORAL AUTOPSY (VIRTUAL AUTOPSY): AN UPDATE
Journal of Forensic Medicine and ToxicologyThe discipline of forensic dentistry is advancing and has a broader range. It has entrenched itself as a branch that is indispensable in dealing with medical and legal issues as well as identifying the deceased. Any identification of unidentified human remains must adhere to the highest forensic standards and must always entail the gathering of pin ...
Vidyadevi Chandavarkar +5 more
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Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 2012
The number of autopsies carried out by pathologists is decreasing. This is worrying, as evaluation has shown 10-20% of autopsies result in findings which could have influenced the course and treatment of the disease if they had been known about in time. Post-mortem imaging or virtual autopsy may be an alternative. However, a number of practical matters
J L G Hans, Blaauwgeers +1 more
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The number of autopsies carried out by pathologists is decreasing. This is worrying, as evaluation has shown 10-20% of autopsies result in findings which could have influenced the course and treatment of the disease if they had been known about in time. Post-mortem imaging or virtual autopsy may be an alternative. However, a number of practical matters
J L G Hans, Blaauwgeers +1 more
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Is It Time for a Virtual Autopsy Service in Bahrain ?
Bahrain Medical Bulletin, 2014Autopsy appears to have then become unfashionable or undesirable until the time of the Renaissance and afterwards. In the mid-sixteenth century, Vesalius practiced autopsy and taught it to his students 1 . In about 1543 or 1544, he published De humani corporis fabrica on the composition of the human body based on his post-mortem studies, which is ...
Eamon Tierney +4 more
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Virtual Autopsy as an Alternative to Traditional Medical Autopsy in the Intensive Care Unit
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2012Autopsy is an important educational and quality-control tool in the intensive care unit (ICU), but rates of traditional medical autopsies have declined worldwide. "Virtual" autopsy involving only advanced radiographic techniques might provide an alternative approach to postmortem examinations.To assess the value of postmortem multidetector computed ...
Dominic, Wichmann +8 more
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