Charred, badly decomposed, or mummified corpses, as well as those restrictions forced upon coroners by certain religious sects, often make autopsies impossible to perform. In addition, lack of manpower among the personnel charged with performing autopsies frequently creates a backlog of cases in the coroner's office. This delay increases the likeli

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Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2009

ISBN

9780849381898

Edition

Topic

Diritto

Subtopic

Scienza forense

Front cover
Table of Contents
Editors
Preface
Foreword
Contributors
Part A: Introduction
Chapter A1. Autopsy to Virtopsy: Oral Description versus Image: Value of Evidence
Chapter A2. History of Virtopsy: How It All Began
Chapter A3. Virtopsy® More Than Some 100 Cases: Statement and Perspectives of Forensic Imaging by Using 3D Optical and Combined CT/MRI Whole-Body Scanning
Chapter A4. Legal Side
Chapter A5. Religion
Part B: Imaging and Visualization Methods/Explanation of Techniques
Chapter B1. External Body Documentation
Chapter B2. Internal Body Documentation
Chapter B3. 3D Visualization of Radiological Data
Chapter B4. Storage of Radiological Data (PACS)
Chapter B5. The Virtopsy Database: Comparing Radiology and Autopsy Findings Using a Database
Part C: Forensic Application of Imaging Techniques
Chapter C1. Intravital versus Postmortem Imaging
Chapter C2. A Historical Overview of the Literature
Chapter C3. External Body Documentation
Chapter C4. Internal Body Documentation
Chapter C5. Documentation of Extracorporeal Findings
Part D: Forensic Topics
Chapter D1. Identification
Chapter D2. Thanatology
Chapter D3. Incident-Specific Cases
Chapter D4. Virtopsy as a Multi-Tool Approach
Chapter D5. Postmortem Angiography
Chapter D7. Experiences with Virtual Autopsy Approach Worldwide
Chapter D8. Miscellaneous
Acknowledgments
Index
Back cover