1- To show the place of imaging in post-mortem. 2- Toknowthe benefits, indications and limitations of post-mortem imaging for the young infant.

Post mortem imaging or virtual autopsy is the use of imaging techniques on a dead body to help determine the causes of death, which resolved a strong public health challenge, in many cases limiting the autopsy, and has a major societal dimension while respecting the integrity of the human body. For more than a decade, forensic medicine has been taking advantage of the new modalities of imaging in sections, ultrasound and especially CT and MRI, under the impulse of the pioneering work of Michael Thali’s...

table of contents Overview Indications of different radiological examination on post mortem. - Ultrasounds - X- RAY - CT scanning - MRI Particularities of post mortem imaging on pediatrics. overview Sectional imaging such as radiography should be considered as a complementary tool to autopsy, along with other examinations, molecular biology with DNA research, toxicology or pathology.But compared to conventional radio, sectional imaging is much more "cost effective" for diagnosis. CT without injection can identify approximately 15% of lesions that are not observed at autopsy. Conversely,...

Today, post-mortem CT and MRI have become almost routine in many countries around the world in both adult and pediatric practice that encompasses several different diagnostic areas beginning with perinatal/neonatal evaluation of known or suspected genetic abnormalities (e.g. skeletal dysplasia) and determination of live vs. stillbirth. In medicolegal cases they are used to evaluate cause/manner of death in infants and children, including suspected non-accidental trauma. Despite a multiple limits like accessibility of machines , the Post mortem imaging is finding growing acceptance in the pediatric...

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