title: Current techniques in postmortem imaging with specific attention to paediatric applications.
abstract: In this review we discuss the decline of and current controversies regarding conventional autopsies and the use of postmortem radiology as an adjunct to and a possible alternative for the conventional autopsy. We will address the radiological techniques and applications for postmortem imaging in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam Zuid-Oost, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Tessa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sieswerda-Hoogendoorn
authors.forename: Rick R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: van Rijn
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000639:trends*; D011871:Radiology / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States