Michael J. Thali

TL;DR: Using postmortem multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 40 forensic cases were examined and findings were verified by subsequent autopsy Results were classified as follows: (I) cause of death, relevant traumatological and pathological findings, (III) vital reactions, (IV) reconstruction of injuries, (V) visualization.

TL;DR: Preliminary results, based on the concept of "virtopsy," are promising enough to introduce and evaluate these radiological techniques in forensic medicine.

TL;DR: The documentation and analysis of postmortem findings with CT and MR imaging and postprocessing techniques ("virtopsy") is investigator independent, objective, and noninvasive and will lead to qualitative improvements in forensic pathologic investigation.

TL;DR: This project relies on three pillars: three-dimensional (3D) surface scanning for the documentation of body surfaces, and both multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to visualise the internal body.

TL;DR: Approaches to a 3D geo-metric documentation of injuries on the body surface and internal injuries in the living and deceased cases are presented and real 3D data based documentation opens a new horizon for scientific reconstruction and animation.