VIRTOPSY: Minimally Invasive, Imaging-guided Virtual Autopsy

VIRTOPSY: minimally invasive, imaging-guided virtual autopsy.

Invasive "body-opening" autopsy represents the traditional means of postmortem investigation in humans. However, modern cross-sectional imaging techniques can supplement and may even partially replace traditional autopsy. Computed tomography (CT) is the imaging modality of choice for two- and three-dimensional documentation and analysis of autopsy findings including fracture systems, pathologic...

Minimally invasive, imaging guided virtual autopsy compared to conventional autopsy in the foetus, infant and child: study protocol for the paediatric virtual autopsy trial

Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland University Children’s Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland Division of Obstetrics, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland Division of Biostatistics, University of Zurich Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland Department of Pathology, University ...

Minimally invasive, imaging guided virtual autopsy compared to conventional autopsy in foetal, newborn and infant cases: study protocol for the paediatric virtual autopsy trial

BACKGROUND In light of declining autopsy rates around the world, post-mortem MR imaging is a promising alternative to conventional autopsy in the investigation of infant death. A major drawback of this non-invasive autopsy approach is the fact that histopathological and microbiological examination of the tissue is not possible. The objective of this prospective study is to compare the performan...

Image-guided Minimally Invasive Therapy

Minimally invasive radio-guided surgery for hyperparathyroidism: an experience with Tc-99m Sestamibi

  Introduction: Radio-guided parathyroid surgery along with other minimally invasive surgeries constitutes the main surgical treatment procedures for different kinds of hyperparathyroidism.  In this article we have reported our experience of radio-guided parathyroid surgery using Tc-99m sestamibi. Methods: Ten patients with hyperparathyroidism included in our study. ...