Evaluation of post-mortem lateral cerebral ventricle changes using sequential scans during post-mortem computed tomography.

ABSTRACT: In the present study, we evaluated post-mortem lateral cerebral ventricle (LCV) changes using computed tomography (CT). Subsequent periodical CT scans termed "sequential scans" were obtained for three cadavers. The first scan was performed immediately after the body was transferred from the emergency room to the institute of legal medicine. Sequential scans were obtained and evaluated for 24 h at maximum. The time of death had been determined in the emergency room. The sequential scans enabled us to observe periodical post-mortem changes in CT images. The series of continuous LCV images obtained up to 24 h (two cases)/16 h (1 case) after death was evaluated. The average Hounsfield units (HU) within the LCVs progressively increased, and LCV volume progressively decreased over time. The HU i

SUBMITTER: Hasegawa I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4976059 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature