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ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2026

Comparative image quality evaluation of unenhanced postmortem Photon-Counting CT and Energy-Integrating CT.

Conny Hartmann, Magda Roidou, Paolo Lombardo, Samira Kessler, Hendrik von Tengg-Kobligk, Thomas Ruder, Stefanie Garni, Peter Cossmann, Sarah Heinze, Wolf-Dieter Zech

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10 authors.

Conny HartmannDepartment of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. conny.hartmann@irm.unibe.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9745-6519
Magda RoidouDepartment of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Paolo LombardoDepartment of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Samira KesslerDepartment of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Hendrik von Tengg-KobligkDepartment of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Thomas RuderDepartment of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Stefanie GarniDepartment of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Peter CossmannMedTechConsulting Cossmann GmbH, Zug, 6300, Switzerland.
Sarah HeinzeDiagnostic and Research Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Wolf-Dieter ZechDepartment of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study evaluates the image quality of postmortem photon-counting computed tomography (PMPCCT) compared to conventional postmortem energy-integrating computed tomography (PMCT) for a protocol adapted to post-mortem imaging. The focus lies on objective image quality parameters such as noise, signal-to-noise ratio, and contrast-to-noise ratio, supplemented by subjective image quality evaluations. A Chest Phantom N1 and one decedent were scanned using PMCT (Siemens SOMATOM

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Postmortem ImagingTomography, X-Ray ComputedArtifactsForensic ImagingHumansPhantoms, ImagingPhotonsSignal-To-Noise RatioForensic radiologyImage qualityPhoton-counting detector CTPost-mortem imagingPost-mortem photon-counting detector CT

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PMID41351728
PMCPMC13331946

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