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Postmortem radiology has experienced a recent surge of interest in the last decade, primarily from those engaged in forensic pathology. The technology most frequently applied is postmortem computed tomography (PMCT). Technologies and ideas have been emerging ever since, aiming at overcoming PMCT’s principal drawbacks: low soft tissue contrast and lack of vascular visualization. These efforts are likely to continue, and promising approaches are at hand.
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Grimm, J.M., Grabherr, S. (2016). Future Prospects of Forensic Imaging. In: Grabherr, S., Grimm, J., Heinemann, A. (eds) Atlas of Postmortem Angiography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28537-5_36
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