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Essentials of Autopsy Practice

Updates and Reviews to Aid Practice

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Editors:
  1. Guy N. Rutty

    1. East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

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  • Features insight into topics not covered in larger more generalist textbooks
  • Provides guidance relevant for both specialist and generalist practitioners
  • Covers the applications of MicroCt in forensics

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Forensic Application of “Free-D” Software

    • Mike Biggs
    Pages 1-40

  3. Post-mortem Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    • Wolf-Dieter Zech, Christian Jackowski
    Pages 41-51

  4. The Use of Micro–computed Tomography for Forensic Applications

    • Sarah V. Hainsworth
    Pages 53-74

  5. The Role of Fractography in Forensic Pathology and Anthropology Examinations

    • Ruth Machin, Angi M. Christensen
    Pages 75-87

  6. The Application of Radiographic Imaging in Forensic Odontology

    • Melanie Elizabeth Clarkson, Philip Haley Marsden
    Pages 89-122

  7. Disaster Victim Identification: Traditional Approaches and Changing Practices

    • Soren Blau, David Ranson, Hans de Boer
    Pages 123-139

  8. Examining an Already Autopsied or Exhumed Body

    • Krzysztof Jerzy Woźniak, Artur Moskała, Marta Barszcz, Ewa Rzepecka-Woźniak
    Pages 141-154

  9. Death Associated with Trees

    • Deland Weyrauch
    Pages 155-183

  10. Mountain Death Revisited: Mass Slope Movements, Mountain Associated Suspension and Volcanos

    • Guy N. Rutty
    Pages 185-205
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About this book

This book covers topical subjects within the field of death investigation, where changes in practice have recently occurred. The topics embrace the multi-disciplinary approach required for death investigation, and address advances in the fields of forensic fractography in relation to road traffic death investigations, pathology, MicroCt and 3D printing as applied to forensics. Chapters are written in a uniform easy-to-follow format to ensure they are accessible to both specialists and non-specialists in the field. 
Essentials of Autopsy Practice — Updates and Reviews to Aid Practice is a practical focused resource covering the latest advances in autopsy practice, making it an ideal resource for trainees, consultants, generalists and specialists, along with multi-disciplinary teams working in this field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

    Guy N. Rutty

About the editor

Professor Guy N. Rutty MBE FMedSci. Professor of Forensic Pathology, Chief Forensic Pathologist, East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, UK. He is an Honorary Consultant in Histopathology at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. He is the Responsible Officer to the Pathology Delivery Board, Home Office and Department of Justice, Northern Ireland. 

His principal clinical work relates to the provision of forensic pathology services to HM Coroners and police forces of the East Midlands. He also provides forensic pathology services to other police forces of the UK as well as opinion work for both prosecution and defence for solicitors and police forces alike as well as mass disaster services to police forces and countries nationally and internationally. His interests include Forensic pathology, particularly road traffic related fatalities and Post Mortem Computed Tomography Imaging. He is a volunteer pre-hospital emergency doctor associated withthe charity EMICS. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Essentials of Autopsy Practice

  • Book Subtitle: Updates and Reviews to Aid Practice

  • Editors: Guy N. Rutty

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11541-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11540-0Published: 15 October 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11543-1Published: 16 October 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-11541-7Published: 14 October 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 205

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 86 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pathology, Internal Medicine, Imaging / Radiology

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