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Virtopsy

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Virtopsy®
A project in begun at the University of Berne using CT and a permutation of MRI known as quantitative synthetic MRI to examine sudden and/or suspicious (‘forensic’) deaths and document injuries due to burning, and forensically relevant vital reactions—e.g., air embolism, blood aspiration


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Imaging Imaging of the body, wrapped in an artifact-free body bag (Rudolph Egli AG, Bern, Switzerland), using multislice CT (MSCT), subject to Virtopsy standard protocol, (2,6,7) was performed before conventional autopsy and approximately 9 hours after death.
9780849381782 The virtopsy approach; 3D optical and radiological scanning and reconstruction in forensic medicine.
Virtual autopsy -- also called Virtopsy in Switzerland -- uses Computer Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technologies to capture detailed X-rays and MRI images of the deceased's body.
 
 
 
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