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Development of a protocol for standardized use of a water-soluble contrast agent with polyethylene glycol in post-mortem CT angiography
Computed tomography angiography (PMCTA) is increasingly used in postmortem cases. Standardized validated protocols permit to compare different PMCTA...
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Pediatric postmortem CT angiography: validation of vascular access for PMCT angiography in stillbirths, babies and toddlers
PurposeThe use of angiography in postmortem CT angiography (PMCTA) has several advantages. In adults, femoral vascular access is well established....
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High-risk coronary plaque of sudden cardiac death victims: postmortem CT angiographic features and histopathologic findings
High-risk coronary plaques (HRP) are characterized in clinical radiological imaging by the presence of low plaque attenuation, a napkin-ring sign...
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Coronary CT angiography for the assessment of atherosclerotic plaque inflammation: postmortem proof of concept with histological validation
ObjectivesTo evaluate the diagnostic utility of multiphase postmortem CT angiography (PMCTA) to detect plaque enhancement as a surrogate marker of...
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Threshold-dependent iodine imaging and spectral separation in a whole-body photon-counting CT system
ObjectiveTo evaluate the dual-energy (DE) performance and spectral separation with respect to iodine imaging in a photon-counting CT (PCCT) and...
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Impact of increasing levels of adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction on image quality in oil-based postmortem CT angiography in coronary arteries
IntroductionPostmortem multi-detector computed tomography (PMCT) has become an important part in forensic imaging. Modern reconstruction techniques...
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Study of a seventeenth-century French artificial mummy: autopsical, native, and contrast-injected CT investigations
BackgroundA lead coffin was fortuitously discovered in a church called “Eglise des Toussaints” in Rennes (French Brittany). A collaborative taskforce...
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Temperature dependence of viscosity, relaxation times (T1, T2) and simulated contrast for potential perfusates in post-mortem MR angiography (PMMRA)
Developments in post-mortem imaging increasingly focus on addressing recognised diagnostic weaknesses, especially with regard to suspected natural...
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State of the art in post-mortem computed tomography: a review of current literature
Computed tomography (CT) and other advanced diagnostic imaging techniques are gaining popularity in forensic pathology. This paper aims to define and...
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Postmortale Magnetresonanztomographie-Angiographie nach Multiphasen-Computertomographie-Angiographie
In recent years, forensic imaging has seen impressive developments; however, few studies exist concerning post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging...
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Towards multi-phase postmortem CT angiography in children: a study on a porcine model
PurposeMulti-phase postmortem computed tomography angiography (MPMCTA) is a growing technique, which is standardized for adults. Application of this...
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Contrast-enhanced cadaver-specific computed tomography in gross anatomy teaching
ObjectivesTo establish contrast-enhanced (CE) cadaver-specific post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) in first-year gross anatomy teaching and...
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Suizidale Drosselung mittels Kabelbinder
Suicidal ligature strangulation is quite rare. We report a case showing extensive congestion with hemorrhagic infarct of the tongue and bleeding from...
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Post-mortem-Computertomographie (PMCT) und PMCT-Angiographie nach Polytrauma
The value of the clinical computed tomography (CT) and post-mortem CT (PMCT) in polytrauma is well accepted, although some issues, e. g. after organ...
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Post-mortem imaging in sudden death cases due to arterial or cardiac hemorrhage
The authors present cases of natural death due to arterial or cardiac hemorrhage evaluated using both conventional autopsy examination and...
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Post-mortem MR angiography: quantitative investigation and intravascular retention of perfusates in ex situ porcine hearts
As the implementation of minimally invasive imaging techniques in both forensic and pathological practice increases, research in this area focuses on...
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The role of angiography in the congruence of cardiovascular measurements between autopsy and postmortem imaging
IntroductionPostmortem CT angiography is the method of choice for the postmortem imaging investigations of the cardiovascular (CV) system. However,...
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Diagnosis of myocardial ischemia combining multiphase postmortem CT-angiography, histology, and postmortem biochemistry
PurposeThe aim of this study was to assess whether the identification of pathological myocardial enhancement at multiphase postmortem computed...
