New post-mortem method developed
02/Mar/2011
A non-surgical autopsy technique which could remove the need to open up the body to determine a cause of death has been developed.It involves a scanner and a small incision in the neck and has so far been shown to be 80% accurate in determining the cause of death.
Conventional post-mortem examinations require cutting open the body so the vital organs can be inspected.
The method has been developed by the University of Leicester.
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(Tags: pathology, radiography)