troisième cours francophone sur l'autopsie virtuelle
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Meeting report
Troisième Cours Francophone sur l'Autopsie Virtuelle
On October 4, 2013 the Groupe de Recherche en AutopsieVirtuelle et Imagerie Thanathologique (GRAVIT) organized the thirdFrench course on virtual autopsy in Marseille, France (Fig. 1). Thisyear, the French course on virtual autopsy was attended by morethan 60 participants. Most of them were either radiologists orforensic pathologists or radiographers. The current congress pro-gram covered a wide range of aspects on post-mortem imagingbut kept a focus on post-mortem angiography.
The morning session was dedicated to “Challenging Cases”. Aftera brief introduction, the first speaker, Dr. Matthieu Coulange (France)discussed aspects of drowning on post-mortem computed tomo-graphy (PMCT) with a special emphasis on distribution patterns ofintravascular gas collections. This lecture was followed by a veryinteresting report by Dr. Douraied BenSalem (France) on a recentlyconcluded study on deaths related to heat and fire exposure. Thelecture covered challenges related to signs of vitality, the diagnosisof the cause of death, and identification. Identificationwas also a keyaspect of the lecture on imaging in decomposed bodies by Dr.Fabrice Dédouit (France). Dr. Dédouit provided a very comprehen-sive overview over various aspects of both early and late post-mortem changes. The last lecture of the morning was dedicated tocrash-dummymodeling based on cadaveric experiments. Dr. ThierryBège (France) offered a very fascinating insight in to how experi-mental research on traumatic injury can be translated to models ofhumans to analyze cause and effect in motor vehicle accidents.
The afternoon session was opened by Dr. Thomas Ruder(Switzerland) who gave an introduction to post-mortem magneticresonance imaging (PMMR), including PMMR-angiography. In hissecond lecture, Dr. Ruder provided an overview over the develop-ment, current techniques and applications of PMCT-angiography.This lecture was followed by Dr. Silke Grabherr (Switzerland), whoreported the current state of the European multi-center PMCT-angiography study by the Technical Working Group PostmortemAngiography Methods (TWGPAM). The session on post-mortemangiography was concluded by Dr. Guillaume Gorincour (France)who lectured on technical aspects of PMCT-angiography as per-formed in Marseille. The day was closed by Dr. Valérie Souffron(France), who provided an interesting insight in to sociologicaspects of post-mortem imaging.
There is no doubt that the third French Course on VirtualAutopsy was a great success. The program offered a variety of
lectures which were interesting for both participants without andwith experience in post-mortem imaging. In addition, the coffeeand lunch breaks offered ample opportunities to meet and greetcolleagues.
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Fig. 1. Flyer of the third French course on virtual autopsy, featuring an x-ray imageof a historic diver's suit.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jofri.2013.11.002
Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging 2 (2014) 41–42
Thomas D. Ruder n
Department of Forensic Medicine and Imaging,Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich,
Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, CH-8057 Zurich, SwitzerlandInstitute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology,
University Hospital Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandE-mail addresses: [email protected],
Guillaume GorincourPediatric and Prenatal Imaging, La Timone Children Hospital,
Marseille, France
Received 5 November 2013
n Corresponding author at: University of Zurich, Forensic Medicine and Imaging,Institute of Forensic Medicine, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, CH-8057 Zurich,Switzerland. Tel.: þ41 446 355 611; fax: þ41 446 356 851.
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