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Virtual autopsy: Inside the skull of a suicide victim
This story is from the category Sensors
Date posted: 23/02/2009
Many people hate the idea of a loved one being dissected ? even if it could provide vital clues about how and why they died. But it may not be necessary for much longer. A growing number of countries, including the UK, Australia, US, and Japan, are looking towards virtual autopsies as an alternative to opening the bodies of people who die in suspicious circumstances.
By combining surface scans of the body with CT and MRI scans, it is possible to work out what happened to a person without cutting them open. A small biopsy of tissue is also taken to measure cellular structure and to check for the presence of drugs.
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