Dominic Gascho, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Sabine Franckenberg MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Steffen Ross MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Lukas Ebner MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Garyfalia Ampanozi MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Thomas D. Ruder MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Wolf Schweitzer MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Patrick Laberke, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Michael J. Thali MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Patricia Mildred Flach MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Teaching points: • Optimal magnetic resonance (MR) protocol for postmortem strangulation cases • The audience will learn about typical findings on computed tomography (CT) and MR in strangulation • Forensic aspects of strangulation will be elaborated • Pitfalls and pearls in imaging of strangulation cases  

Table of content: • Introduction on postmortem imaging and state-of-the-art in forensic radiology • Review of literature on CT and MR in surviving victims and postmortem cases • Review of typical findings in younger and elderly deceased cases in strangulation • Methods – Potential postmortem neck MR protocol and CT imaging • Educational image based display of the pitfalls and pearls in strangulation cases • Discussion of the forensic relevance and implication for surviving victims and clinical imaging in assault victims • Case-based review of postmortem cases (scanned on a 3 T) displaying the above reviewed imaging features in correlation to autopsy with macroscopic specimen  

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Gascho, D, Franckenberg, S, Ross, S, Ebner, L, Ampanozi, G, Ruder, T, Schweitzer, W, Laberke, P, Thali, M, Flach, P, Imaging of Strangulation in Forensic Cases.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14017893.html