Estimating normal lung weight measurement using postmortem CT in forensic cases

Postmortem CT imaging has been used for non-distractive examination of cadavers, and it has been thought of as a complementary technique in autopsy [1,2]. In addition, postmortem CT has advantages to detect the cause of death in the investigation of specific lesions, and when the ante-mortem CT image is available to compare, it offers the advantage of being able to compare in the same image modality, which facilitates objective evaluation [3,4]. When the patient has been transferred in an emergency, but not survived, postmortem CT imaging can record the intra-body state as objective findings, and it may bring a wake of find the cause of death.

Source: Legal Medicine - October 31, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Kotaro Matoba, Hideki Hyodoh, Manabu Murakami, Atsuko Saito, Tomoko Matoba, Lisa Ishida, Emi Fujita, Mayumi Yamase, Shigeki Jin Source Type: research