Virtopsy-A New Phase in Forensic Investigation Dr sharma Radhika1,*, Pg Student, Dr Sunil M.K.1, Professor And Head, Dr Trivedi Ashraya1, Associate Professor, Dr Kumar Raman1, Sr Lecturer, Dr Garg Shaveta1, Pg Student, Dr Kohli Sonam2, Sr. Resident 1Dept Of Oral Medicine And Radilogy, Gurunanak Dev Dental College And Research Institute, Sunam, Punjab 2Dept. of Dental Surgery, ASCOMS & Hospital, Sidhra, Jammu *Address For Correspondance: Dr Radhika Sharma Pg student, dept. of Oral medicine & Radiology Gurunanak dev dental college & research institute Sunam, punjab
Online published on 16 February, 2016. Abstract Forensic medicine aims for the documentation of medical and other forensic findings in living and deceased persons, for the police and the judiciary system. Though in other branches of the specialty, newer techniques are part of daily routine, in autopsy, the same century old techniques are still being used. Virtopsy is one step ahead in this field which literally means virtual autopsy. New methods like 3D-surface scanning and modern radiological procedures like computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are becoming more and more part of scientific research in forensic sciences and are today part of the routine workflow in a some institutes of legal medicine. This paper is aimed to discuss a few points in the field of Virtopsy. Top Keywords Forensic Radiology, 3D surface scanning, Virtopsy, Virtual autopsy. Top |