Abstract
Post-mortem computed tomography (CT / PMCT) has been used in forensic practice since the 1990s, followed by post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging (MR / PMMR). One of the first studies evaluating the comparison of CT scan images with autopsy findings was performed in Germany in 1983 in the case of gunshot wounds.
Virtopsy, a digital dissection project of the Swiss Institute of Forensic Medicine in Bern, has begun to systematically apply computed tomography to investigate the bodies of deceased persons since 1998. Since 2010, so-called Virtobot, a multifunctional robotic system for 3D body surface scanning and for automatic post mortem biopsy collection to within 3.2 mm.
Currently, the application of contrast agents for the examination of the vascular system and its changes with the help of angiolines (CT angiogragfe).