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ROLE OF VIRTUAL

AUTOPSY IN

FORENSIC

INVESTIGATION

ABSTRACT

This article explores how virtual autopsy entails employing cutting-edge

imaging methods to examine the body without surgery. This has advantages
and disadvantages for forensic investigations. The advantages of this field are

that they are non-invasive and do not involve cutting the body. They save time
by eliminating the need for autopsy and tissue sampling, they allow for remote

analysis by multiple experts. But on the same side the downside is that virtual
autopsies can be expensive, they do not allow the collection of tissue samples.

The challenges of interpreting image results from virtual autopsies require

expertise in radiology and forensic pathology.
Keywords: Virtual Autopsy, Images, Dead bodies, 2D and 3D, Medico- legal,

Forensic, Death,

INTRODUCTION
An autopsy is a very specific and specialised surgical procedure that determines

the cause, manner and time of death, sometimes providing more information.
Virtual autopsy or Virtopsia, on the other hand, is a specialised machine-

assisted autopsy that helps determine the cause, manner, etc. Virtual autopsy
(VIRTOPSY) is a non-invasive forensic examination. It can objectively and

accurately reflect bone fracture, soft tissue injury, injury extent and organ
damage and provides intuitive and effective evidence for forensic identification.

VERITAS VOLUME: 3, ISSUE: 2 WRITER: MERIEN ABRAHAM