Application of compact ultrasound imaging device to postmortem diagnosis

Comparison of postmortem ultrasound and X-Ray with autopsy in fetal death: Retrospective study of 169 cases

“…However, the accuracy of postmortem ultrasound has never been studied, which was the objective of this work. Up to now, only five publications about the use of postmortem US were found and only two concerning the topic of fetal death [6][7][8][9][10]. In the older one published in 1989, US was perform only when autopsy was refused and therefore do not compare their results with the gold standard [9].…”

Postmortem computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in a case of terminal-stage small cell lung cancer: an experience of autopsy imaging in tumor-related death

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] In Japan, the concept of autopsy imaging has recently been proposed because of the decline in autopsy rates and widespread use of postmortem computed tomography (CT). [12][13][14][15][16] However, most reports on virtual autopsy and autopsy imaging described cases of traumatic death, sudden death from natural causes, or congenital anomaly, with relatively few articles regarding oncology, such as cancer-related death. 12 In the terminal stage of malignant tumors, the primary lesion sometimes drastically increases in size, and new metastases may occur.…”

Can ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm be accurately diagnosed as the cause of death without postmortem computed tomography when autopsies cannot be performed?

“…If peri-mortem US successfully detects RAAA, it could be more cost-effective than CT, but our study results do not support this possibility. The reason for the lack of detection of RAAA could partly be explained by interference from overlying bowel gas from resuscitation procedures, as suggested by previous studies on post-mortem US [27,28].…”