Computer-Assisted Virtual Autopsy Using Surgical Navigation Techniques

作者：Ebert Lars Christian^*; Ruder Thomas D; Martinez Rosa Maria; Flach Patricia M; Schweitzer Wolf; Thali Michael J; Ampanozi Garyfalia

来源：American Journal of Roentgenology, 2015, 204(1): W58-W62.

DOI：10.2214/AJR.13.11957

• computer-assisted surgery
• forensic radiology
• surgical navigation
• teaching
• Virtopsy
• virtual autopsy

OBJECTIVE. Virtual autopsy methods, such as postmortem CT and MRI, are increasingly being used in forensic medicine. Forensic investigators with little to no training in diagnostic radiology and medical laypeople such as state's attorneys often find it difficult to understand the anatomic orientation of axial postmortem CT images. We present a computer-assisted system that permits postmortem CT datasets to be quickly and intuitively resliced in real time at the body to narrow the gap between radiologic imaging and autopsy.
CONCLUSION. Our system is a potentially valuable tool for planning autopsies, showing findings to medical laypeople, and teaching CT anatomy, thus further closing the gap between radiology and forensic pathology.

• 出版日期2015-1