ReviewForensic science, medicine, and pathology2011
Post-mortem computed tomography angiography: past, present and future.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Postmortem computed tomography angiography (PMCTA) and traditional autopsy in cases of sudden cardiac death due to coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.La Radiologia medica · 2019Pooled it
- Non-invasive or minimally invasive autopsy compared to conventional autopsy of suspected natural deaths in adults: a systematic review.European radiology · 2016Pooled it
- Post-mortem ultrasound study of coronary circulation on ex-situ hearts.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Ex-situ identification of vertebral artery injuries from stab wounds through contrast-enhanced fluoroscopy and micro-CT.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Bleeding-Source Exploration in Subdural Hematoma: Observational Study on the Usefulness of Postmortem Computed Tomography Angiography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Lethal hemorrhage from iliac vein rupture complicating inferior vena cava thrombosis demonstrated by post-mortem CT angiography.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2022Article
- State of the Art on the Role ofTomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2022Review
- Threshold-dependent iodine imaging and spectral separation in a whole-body photon-counting CT system.European radiology · 2021Article
- Findings from machine learning in clinical medical imaging applications - Lessons for translation to the forensic setting.Forensic science international · 2020Review
- Evolution of post-mortem coronary imaging: from selective coronary arteriography to post-mortem CT-angiography and beyond.La Radiologia medica · 2018Review
- The role of angiography in the congruence of cardiovascular measurements between autopsy and postmortem imaging.International journal of legal medicine · 2018Article
- Back to the Future - Part 2. Post-mortem assessment and evolutionary role of the bio-medicolegal sciences.International journal of legal medicine · 2017Review
- Temperature dependence of viscosity, relaxation times (TInternational journal of legal medicine · 2017Article
- Diagnosis of coronary artery disease using targeted post-mortem computed tomography coronary angiography: a case report.Forensic sciences research · 2017Article
- State of the art in post-mortem forensic imaging in China.Forensic sciences research · 2017Review
- Post-mortem computed tomography angiography using left ventricle cardiac puncture: A whole-body, angiographic approach.PloS one · 2017Article
- Multi-phase post-mortem CT-angiography: a pathologic correlation study on cardiovascular sudden death.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2016Article
- A case of acute subdural hematoma due to ruptured aneurysm detected by postmortem angiography.International journal of legal medicine · 2016Article
- Detection of aortic rupture using post-mortem computed tomography and post-mortem computed tomography angiography by cardiac puncture.International journal of legal medicine · 2016Article
- Whole-body post-mortem computed tomography angiography of a newborn revealing transposition of great arteries.International journal of legal medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
The role of imaging has been long established in forensic practice as an adjunct to the conventional autopsy. Recently with the development of MDCT, there has been a large international push towards the development of the so called "near virtual autopsy." Currently a large obstacle to the acceptance of "near virtual autopsies" is the failure of post-mortem imaging to yield detailed information about the coronary arteries. This is a major deficiency of post-mortem MDCT and MRI compared to conventional autopsy as standard clinical angiography relies on circulation. One possible way to overcome this is by the use of post-mortem MDCT angiography. This review paper considers the past, current and future advances in cadaver cardiac imaging which, if successful, will take radiological imaging one step closer to the widespread introduction of near virtual autopsies.
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