Journal article
Virtopsy Computed Tomography in Trauma: Normal Postmortem Changes and Pathologic Spectrum of Findings
Current problems in diagnostic radiology, Vol.44(5), pp.391-406
09/01/2015
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2015.03.005
PMID: 25956952
Abstract
Virtopsy or virtual autopsy is an emerging technique, developed to supplement traditional forensic autopsy. Virtopsy can be clone by using imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging. Virtopsy CT comprises a pan-body noncontrast CT scan obtained after death. Virtopsy CT is useful in trauma cases as it can provide an overview of injuries sustained by the victim; detect craniofacial, cerebral, thoracic, and osseous injuries; and suggest putative causes of death. This can reduce the Lime Laken for forensic autopsy and sometimes obviate the need for a forensic autopsy. However, virtopsy CT reporting is nut exactly synonymous with interpreting antemortem contrast-enhanced CT images as postmortem decompositional changes also occur. Awareness of imaging appearances of both postmortem putrefactive changes and pathologic findings is essential to avoid errors in interpretation and enable estimation of cause of death in patients with trauma. (C) 2015 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Virtopsy Computed Tomography in Trauma: Normal Postmortem Changes and Pathologic Spectrum of Findings
- Creators
- Ananya Panda - All India Institute of Medical SciencesAtin Kumar - All India Institute of Medical SciencesShivanand Gamanagatti - All India Institute of Medical SciencesBiplab Mishra - All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current problems in diagnostic radiology, Vol.44(5), pp.391-406
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2015.03.005
- PMID
- 25956952
- ISSN
- 0363-0188
- eISSN
- 1535-6302
- Number of pages
- 16
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984697628102771
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