Credits: Anders Persson/Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization
Virtues of the Virtual Autopsy [Slide Show]
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10 A wild boar that has died examined by dual-energy computed tomography. The animal's front is visualized. Courtesy of Anders Persson/Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization
9 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... Courtesy of Anders Persson/Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization
8 Postoperative computed tomography angiography of a patient who has been treated for an aneurysm in the anterior cerebral artery. Courtesy of Anders Persson/Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization
7 Postmortem computed tomography of a murder victim's skeleton. Courtesy of Anders Persson/Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization
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6 Postmortem dual-energy computed tomography. The border between soft tissue and air is visualized and rendered in blue. Courtesy of Anders Persson/Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization
5 Postmortem dual-energy computed tomography. The air distribution in the thorax is visualized and rendered in blue. Courtesy of Anders Persson/Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization
4 Postmortem dual-energy computed tomography of a deceased person. Visualized in axial projection in upper thorax region. Courtesy of Anders Persson/Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization
3 Postmortem dual-energy computed tomography of a deceased person. Between small intestines maggots can be seen. Courtesy of Anders Persson/Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization
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2 Horse head visualized using dual-energy computed tomography. Pulp of each tooth is visualized. It extends all the way to the tooth surface. Courtesy of Anders Persson/Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization
1 Postmortem dual-energy computed tomography angiography of person shot in the chest and body visualized with volume-rendering 3-D. Courtesy of Anders Persson/Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization
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