{"id":3998,"date":"2009-11-13T03:00:59","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T08:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2009-11-13T03:00:59","modified_gmt":"2009-11-13T08:00:59","slug":"bring-out-your-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/3998","title":{"rendered":"Bring Out Your Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Industrial robot hones virtual autopsies<\/a><\/p>\n

The researchers are already pioneers of virtual autopsies, or “virtopsies”, which use non-invasive imaging of a body inside and out rather than the radical post-mortem surgery typically used to determine cause of death.<\/p>\n

Now they are using a robot, dubbed Virtobot, to carry out parts of that process, making it more reliable – and standardised.<\/p>\n

Their virtopsies combine 3D imaging of a body’s surface with a CT scan of its interior anatomy. The result is a faithful, high-resolution virtual double of the corpse (see diagram). This double can be used to accurately determine what killed someone. And it’s a more tactful approach: only needle biopsies are used to sample tissues, leaving a body essentially undamaged.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Currently, organs are taken out and sliced for analysis of tumours and lesions, but if something is overlooked you have no chance of seeing it again,” says team member Lars Ebert. “All you have afterwards is a huge pile of organ slices.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mmmmm. Organ slices \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Industrial robot hones virtual autopsies The researchers are already pioneers of virtual autopsies, or “virtopsies”, which use non-invasive imaging of a body inside and out rather than the radical post-mortem surgery typically used to determine cause of death. Now they … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,35,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-body","category-other-science","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}