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Postmortem-computed tomography and postmortem-computed tomography-angiography: a focused update
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Springer-Verlag Italia s.r.l., 2015.
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Abstract
- The use of multidetector CT (MDCT) represents a reality routinely used in several forensic institutes, for the numerous advantages that this diagnostic tool can provide; costs are becoming increasingly lower; data acquisition is always faster and once acquired may be revalued at any time. However, there are also some diagnostic limitations, for example, the visualization of the vascular system or a limited soft tissue contrast. In order to overcome these limitations, in recent years, contrast medium has been introduced in postmortem cases, with the development of several techniques of PMCT angiography (PMCTA) and standardized protocols to make them easily reproducible. The aim of this review is to highlight the advantages and pitfalls of PMCT and PMCTA in forensic investigation, taking into consideration the broad spectrum of applications both for natural and unnatural deaths and the numerous methods currently used. Secondly, in the light of the considerable progress in this field and the attempt to develop standardized protocols of PMCTA, the authors aim to evaluate the diagnostic value of PMCTA in comparison both to PMCT and conventional autopsy.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Angiography
Interventional radiology
General Medicine
Forensic Medicine
Postmortem Changes
Contrast medium
Virtopsy
Cause of Death
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Medical physics
Tomography
Radiology
Autopsy
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
angiography
autopsy
cause of death
forensic medicine
humans
postmortem changes
tomography
x-ray computed
Neuroradiology
Computed tomography angiography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ba1fe77dcf069ea0bc3723dcf3426708