Total-body CT and MR features of postmortem change in in-hospital deaths Imaging features of postmortem change
Ivo M. Wagensveld, Britt M. Blokker, Piotr A. Wielopolski, Nomdo S. Renken, Gabriel P. Krestin, Myriam G. Hunink, J. Wolter Oosterhuis, Annick C. Weustink, Andrew Churg
Abstract
Hospital autopsy rates today are as low as 0-5%, having decreased from a rate of 30% or higher in the 1990s. This low rate is alarming, since one in five autopsies show major discrepancies between antemortem and postmortem diagnoses despite improved diagnostic testing. A possible cause for this decline may be the invasiveness of the conventional autopsy procedure. To provide a less invasive alternative to conventional autopsy, imaging based autopsy methods were developed, primarily in forensic medicine. These modern autopsies include total-body postmortem CT (PMCT) and MR (PMMR), sometimes com
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