Department of Medical Imaging, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE, 19803, USA.
Department of Biomedical Research, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA.
Pediatr Radiol. 2019 Aug;49(9):1113-1129. doi: 10.1007/s00247-019-04433-1. Epub 2019 Jun 14.
Postmortem CT might provide valuable information in determining the cause of death and understanding disease processes, particularly when combined with traditional autopsy. Pediatric applications of postmortem imaging represent a new and rapidly growing field. We describe our experience in establishing a pediatric postmortem CT program and present a discussion of the distinct challenges in developing this type of program in the United States of America, where forensic practice varies from other countries. We give a brief overview of recent literature along with the common imaging findings on postmortem CT that can simulate antemortem pathology.
死后 CT 检查可能提供有价值的信息，有助于确定死因和了解疾病过程，特别是与传统尸检相结合时。死后成像在儿科的应用代表了一个新的、快速发展的领域。我们描述了建立儿科死后 CT 项目的经验，并讨论了在美国发展这种项目的独特挑战，因为美国的法医学实践与其他国家不同。我们简要概述了最近的文献以及死后 CT 上可能模拟生前病理学的常见成像表现。
