Distribution of artifactual gas on post-mortem multidetector computed tomography (MDCT)

Egger, Coraline; Bize, Pierre Etienne; Vaucher, Paul; Mosimann, Pascal; Schneider, Benjamin; Dominguez, Alejandro; Meuli, Reto; Mangin, Patrice; Grabherr, Silke

doi:10.1007/s00414-010-0542-5

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Distribution of artifactual gas on post-mortem multidetector computed tomography (MDCT)

ContributorsEgger, Coraline; Bize, Pierre Etienne; Vaucher, Paul; Mosimann, Pascal; Schneider, Benjamin; Dominguez, Alejandro; Meuli, Reto; Mangin, Patrice; Grabherr, Silke

Published inInternational journal of legal medicine, vol. 126, no. 1, p. 3-12

Publication date2012

Abstract

We investigated the incidence and distribution of post-mortem gas detected with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) to identify factors that could distinguish artifactual gas from cardiac air embolism.

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Artifacts
Cadaver
Embolism, Air/radiography
Female
Gases
Heart/radiography
Humans
Liver/radiography
Male
Middle Aged
Multidetector Computed Tomography
Postmortem Changes
Young Adult

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine légale

Research group

Groupe Mangin Patrice (médecine légale) (862)

Citation (ISO format)

EGGER, Coraline et al. Distribution of artifactual gas on post-mortem multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). In: International journal of legal medicine, 2012, vol. 126, n° 1, p. 3–12. doi: 10.1007/s00414-010-0542-5

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PID : unige:24770
DOI : 10.1007/s00414-010-0542-5
PMID : 21207230

ISSN of the journal0937-9827

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Distribution of artifactual gas on post-mortem multidetector computed tomography (MDCT)

We investigated the incidence and distribution of post-mortem gas detected with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) to identify factors that could distinguish artifactual gas from cardiac air embolism.

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