{"title":"The Role of Virtual Autopsy in Uncertain Clinical Scenarios","authors":"Taha Mallick, Muneera J. Alhammadi, M. Elbahr","doi":"10.12816/0047444","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"50 A virtual autopsy employs CT and MRI to replace a traditional autopsy to investigate the cause of death. Blood analyses, biopsies and needle aspiration of tissues might be a part of the virtual autopsy. It has been argued that virtual autopsy provides better delineation of pathology within a smaller time frame, while at the same time, respects various cultures and beliefs and reduces the risks of infection associated with a traditional autopsy1. It has also gained value in the practice of forensic medicine2.","PeriodicalId":0,"journal":{"name":"","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0047444","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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50 A virtual autopsy employs CT and MRI to replace a traditional autopsy to investigate the cause of death. Blood analyses, biopsies and needle aspiration of tissues might be a part of the virtual autopsy. It has been argued that virtual autopsy provides better delineation of pathology within a smaller time frame, while at the same time, respects various cultures and beliefs and reduces the risks of infection associated with a traditional autopsy1. It has also gained value in the practice of forensic medicine2.