Invasive “body-opening” autopsy represents the traditional means of postmortem investigation
in humans. However, modern cross-sectional imaging techniques can supplement and …

The transdisciplinary research project Virtopsy is dedicated to implementing modern imaging
techniques into forensic medicine and pathology in order to augment current examination …

Until today, most of the documentation of forensic relevant medical findings is limited to
traditional 2D photography, 2D conventional radiographs, sketches and verbal description. There …

Using postmortem multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI), 40 forensic cases were examined and findings were verified by subsequent …

The aim of the VIRTOPSY project () is utilizing radiological scanning to push low-tech
documentation and autopsy procedures in a world of high-tech medicine in order to improve …

The aim of this article is to disclose the characteristics of postmortem forensic imaging; give
an overview of the several possible findings in postmortem imaging, which are uncommon or …

Because the use of radiology in modern forensic medicine has been, until today, mostly
restricted to conventional X-rays, which reduces a 3D body to a 2D projection, a detailed 3D …

Background: The media and the Internet may be having an influence on suicidal behavior.
Online social networks such as Facebook represent a new facet of global information transfer. …

OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to establish a standardized procedure for
postmortem whole-body CT-based angiography with lipophilic and hydrophilic contrast media …

The analysis and reconstruction of forensically relevant events, such as traffic accidents,
criminal assaults and homicides are based on external and internal morphological findings of …