Joint European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR) and International Society for Forensic Radiology and Imaging (ISFRI) guidelines: paediatric postmortem computed tomography imaging protocol

• Published in: Pediatric radiology Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 694 - 701
• Main Authors: Shelmerdine, Susan C., Gerrard, Chandra Y., Rao, Padma, Lynch, Matthew, Kroll, Jeroen, Martin, Dan, Miller, Elka, Filograna, Laura, Martinez, Rosa Maria, Ukpo, Odey, Daly, Barry, Hyodoh, Hideki, Johnson, Karl, Watt, Andrew, Taranath, Ajay, Brown, Scott, Perry, David, Boel, Lene Warner Thorup, Borowska-Solonynko, Aleksandra, van Rijn, Rick, Klein, Willemijn, Whitby, Elspeth, Arthurs, Owen J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-05-2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Autopsies; Autopsy; Autopsy - standards; Cause of Death; Child; Children; Computed tomography; Espr; Forensic Medicine - standards; Forensic science; Humans; Imaging; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neuroradiology; Nuclear Medicine; Oncology; Pediatrics; Pediatrics - standards; Postmortem Changes; Radiology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - standards; Ultrasound; Paediatric; Children; Computed tomography; Protocol; Consensus recommendations; Postmortem
• ISSN: 0301-0449; 1432-1998
• DOI: 10.1007/s00247-018-04340-x

Postmortem CT for investigating childhood deaths is increasingly utilised as a noninvasive adjunct or alternative to standard autopsy; however there are no standardised published imaging protocols. This article describes a standardised imaging protocol that has been developed based on current practices of international postmortem imaging practitioners and experts. This recommendation is expected to be useful for postmortem imaging centres wishing to update their existing practices and for those starting paediatric postmortem CT as a new service.