The Importance Of Virtopsy In The Forensic Autopsy

Abstract

The virtopsy study aims to assess and develop new approaches to enable a minimal invasive virtual autopsy. In this study; minimally invasive autopsy techniques, which are used commonly in virtopsy are presented as ancillary techniques that help to increase the effectiveness of post-mortem examination. By computed tomography that often used before autopsy, general whole body scan is performed but magnetic resonance imaging examination is performed for the specific regions. The more rapid examination of large volumes by Multi Slice Computed Tomography, in particular, has broken new ground in computed tomography angiography examinations. In addition, it is suggested that as a non-invasive technique, micro-imaging can take the place of post-mortem histological examination over time. An examination performed by radiological imaging is observer-independent, objective and non-invasive. The digitally stored data can be restored, and allows re-examinations of the corpse’s data even years after organic remains putrefied and disappeared. Thus, the quality control, forensic expert witness audit, in the same way, the image transfer and forensic “tele-medicine” as a new method of consultation will be