INCISION-FREE AUTOPSY IN DEVELOPMENT

As our understanding of the human body has evolved, so too has our approach to post-mortem examinations. However, one fundamental aspect of autopsies has remained constant over the millennia, and that is the act of cutting the body open to perform the exam. For thebereaved, the knowledge that a recently deceased loved one will be subjected to such a procedure can be heartwrenching, but one entrepreneur hopes to ease their emotional burden by removing the scalpel from the process entirely. He is developing a digital autopsy process that uses existing imaging technologies to visualize the corpse in three dimensions without the need for a single incision. More… Discuss