Virtues of the Virtual Autopsy [Slide Show]

Medical imaging offers new ways to examine the deceased

By Ferris Jabr and Anders Persson | October 22, 2012 | 1

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Article: Virtues of the Virtual Autopsy [Slide Show] » October 22, 2012

Postmortem dual-energy computed tomography angiography of person shot in the chest and body visualized with volume-rendering 3-D.

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Horse head visualized using dual-energy computed tomography. Pulp of each tooth is visualized. It extends all the way to the tooth surface.

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Postmortem dual-energy computed tomography of a deceased person. Between small intestines maggots can be seen.

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Postmortem dual-energy computed tomography of a deceased person. Visualized in axial projection in upper thorax region.

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Postmortem dual-energy computed tomography. The air distribution in the thorax is visualized and rendered in blue.

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Postmortem dual-energy computed tomography. The border between soft tissue and air is visualized and rendered in blue.

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Postmortem computed tomography of a murder victim's skeleton.

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Postoperative computed tomography angiography of a patient who has been treated for an aneurysm in the anterior cerebral artery.

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Postoperative computed tomography angiography of a patient who has been treated for an aneurysm in the anterior cerebral artery. A slot in the skull has been cut to provide access to the aneurysm....[More]

A wild boar that has died examined by dual-energy computed tomography. The animal's front is visualized.

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