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Virtual Autopsy in Medicolegal Investigations: A Systematic Review of Accuracy and Practical Utility. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Appl Basic Med Res
Virtual autopsy is a significant innovation in the field of forensic medicine and medicolegal investigations. This systematic review aims to evaluate the accuracy and practical utility of virtual autopsy in medicolegal investigations.
Nair PK.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Verbal autopsy can consistently measure AIDS mortality: a validation study in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
BACKGROUND: Verbal autopsy is currently the only option for obtaining cause of death information in most populations with a widespread HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Zaba, B   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background: Verbal autopsy methods are critically important for evaluating the leading causes of death in populations without adequate vital registration systems.
Baqui, Abdullah   +181 more
core   +2 more sources

Core verbal autopsy procedures with comparative validation results from two countries. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
BACKGROUND: Cause-specific mortality statistics remain scarce for the majority of low-income countries, where the highest disease burdens are experienced.
Yusuf Hemed   +35 more
core   +1 more source

Image Guided Virtual Autopsy: An Adjunct with Radiographic and Computed Tomography Modalities - An Important Tool in Forensic Identification

open access: yesJournal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2017
The forensic examination of dead bodies is very helpful in order to identify the person, cause of death, gender, and solving the mysterious cases. It includes a number of techniques, out of which autopsy is the primary investigation that is performed in ...
Shalu Rai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of physician-certified verbal autopsy with computer-coded verbal autopsy for cause of death assignment in hospitalized patients in low- and middle-income countries : systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BACKGROUND: Computer-coded verbal autopsy (CCVA) methods to assign causes of death (CODs) for medically unattended deaths have been proposed as an alternative to physician-certified verbal autopsy (PCVA).
Leitao, Jordana   +28 more
core   +2 more sources

Could ante-mortem computed tomography be useful in forensic pathology of traumatic intracranial haemorrhage?

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2021
Background: Imaging techniques have proven valuable in forensic pathology practice, with computed tomography being preferred for forensic use. In the era of virtual autopsy and a low- to middle-income, resource-constrained country, a question arises as ...
Mmachuene I. Hlahla   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research Status of Postmortem MSCT Angiography in Forensic Science [PDF]

open access: yesFayixue Zazhi, 2020
Virtual autopsy is a new technique for investigating the morphological changes of cadaveric tissues and organs by medical imaging technology. It has been widely used in the identification of causes of death.
WAN Lei , ZOU Dong- hua, WANG Mao-wen , et al.
doaj   +1 more source

Application and Prospect of Postmortem Imaging Technology in Forensic Cardiac Pathology: A Systemic Review

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2022
Postmortem imaging (PMI) technology known as virtual autopsy or virtopsy is regarded as a useful method of noninvasive or minimally invasive autopsy in forensic practice.
Ningguo Liu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Virtopsy Controversies and Knowledge Gaps in the Middle-East and the Role of Virtopsy During the Present COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesArab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine, 2022
The present review will discuss gaps in the current state of knowledge about virtopsy in the Middle East and its practical application during the covid-19 Pandemic.
Mohammad F. ALQahtani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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