Atlas of Postmortem Angiography

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Postmortem Imaging: Development and Historical Review

      • Adrian M. K. Thomas

      Pages 3-33

   3. Postmortem Imaging: A Part of Forensic Medicine

      • Richard Dirnhofer

      Pages 35-43

   4. Postmortem Imaging: A Transdisciplinary Approach for Objectified Knowledge

      • Coraline Egger, Jochen M. Grimm, Alejandro Dominguez

      Pages 45-49

3. Postmortem Angiography

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Postmortem Angiography: A Historical Review

      • Silke Grabherr, Hugues Cadas, Beat M. Riederer, Philippe Charlier, Valentin Djonov

      Pages 53-70

   3. Postmortem Angiography and the Thanatology of the Vascular System

      • Coraline Egger, Richard Dirnhofer, Silke Grabherr

      Pages 71-79

4. Modern Methods of Postmortem Angiography

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Computed Tomography: The Revolution in Postmortem Angiography

      • Silke Grabherr

      Pages 83-88

   3. Postmortem Whole Body CT Angiography Using Aqueous Contrast Agent

      • Guillaume Gorincour, Christine Chevallier, Silke Grabherr, Laure Sarda-Quarello, Christophe Bartoli, Ugo Scemama et al.

      Pages 89-102

   4. Targeted Coronary Postmortem Computed Tomography Angiography

      • Bruno Morgan, Claire Robinson, Guy N. Rutty

      Pages 103-120

   5. Postmortem Computed Tomography Angiography Using Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Technique: Contrast Media Injection with Chest Compression Immediately After Death

      • Namiko Sakamoto

      Pages 121-130

   6. Multiphase Postmortem Computed Tomography Angiography (MPMCTA)

      • Silke Grabherr, Audrey Rinaldi, Alejandro Dominguez, Cristoforo Pomara

      Pages 131-143

5. Radiological Anatomy in Postmortem CT-Angiogaphy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

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   2. Anatomy of the Head in Postmortem Angiography

      • Axel Heinemann, Hermann Vogel

      Pages 147-167

   3. Anatomy of the Neck in Postmortem Angiography

      • Axel Heinemann, Hermann Vogel

      Pages 169-177

   4. Anatomy of the Heart and Lungs in Postmortem Angiography

      • Axel Heinemann, Hermann Vogel

      Pages 179-196

   5. The Vascular System: Aorta and the Branches, Vena Cava and the Branches

      • Hermann Vogel, Axel Heinemann

      Pages 197-205

   6. Gastrointestinal Tract

      • Hermann Vogel, Axel Heinemann

      Pages 207-213

This atlas of postmortem angiography provides a summary of techniques that have been developed and used in order to visualize the human vascular system. The indications, advantages, limitations, and pitfalls of the different techniques are explained in detail through the use of examples from real cases and a wealth of informative images, as well as knowledge from the latest scientific works. Helpful recommendations are made concerning interpretation of the obtained radiological images, which will allow readers to start their own work in the field of post-mortem angiography or to ease and improve their practice. The atlas has been edited and written by members of an international working group created in 2012, “Technical Working Group Post-mortem Angiography Methods” (TWGPAM), who for the first time summarize their experiences concerning this new approach. Since findings explaining the reasons for both natural and traumatic death are often hidden within the vascular system, post-mortemangiography is of the highest importance in elucidating cause of death and may represent the key to minimally invasive autopsy. ​

• Forensic Imaging
• Post-mortem Investigation
• Virtual Autopsy
• CT-Angiography
• MPMCTA
• Postmortem Angiography
• Diagnostic Radiology

• University Center of Legal Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

  Silke Grabherr

• University Center of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Center Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

  Jochen M. Grimm

• Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppend, Hamburg, Germany

  Axel Heinemann

Silke Grabherr, University Center of Legal Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

Jochen Grimm, University Hospital Vaudois, Department of Legal Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

Axel Heinemann, University Hospital Hamburg- Eppendorf, Department of Legal Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

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