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Autopsy

  • Plans are underway to provide a digital alternative to traditional autopsy (Photo: Shutterstock)
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    Digital autopsy: Replacing scalpels with scanners
    By using raw data from Multi Slice Computerized Tomography (MSCT) and processing it through sophisticated software on high performance computer systems, Malaysian entrepreneur Mathavan (Matt) Chandran, hopes to largely negate the need to slice open bodies at autopsy.
  • The Virtual Autopsy Table is demonstrated by Prof Anders Persson, CMIV, at the Health ministerial meeting in Jönköping, Sweden (Images: Norrköping Visualization Center/CMIV)
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    The interactive 3D Virtual Autopsy Table
    Swedish researchers have incorporated technology used in criminal investigation into a touchscreen interface that allows users to conduct a virtual autopsy.