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Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 135-140 , April 2008

Virtopsy – The concept of a centralized database in forensic medicine for analysis and comparison of radiological and autopsy data

Emin Aghayev, MD
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Institute for Evaluative Research in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bern, Stauffacherstrasse 78, CH-3014 Bern, Switzerland
- Corresponding author. Address: Institute for Evaluative Research in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bern, Stauffacherstrasse 78, CH-3014 Bern, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 31 631 59 30; fax: +41 31 631 59 31.
Lukas Staub, MD
- Institute for Evaluative Research in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bern, Stauffacherstrasse 78, CH-3014 Bern, Switzerland
Richard Dirnhofer, MD
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
Tony Ambrose, MSc
- Institute for Evaluative Research in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bern, Stauffacherstrasse 78, CH-3014 Bern, Switzerland
Christian Jackowski, MD
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
Kathrin Yen, MD
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
Stephan Bolliger, MD
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
Andreas Christe, MD
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
- Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
Christoph Roeder, MD
- Institute for Evaluative Research in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bern, Stauffacherstrasse 78, CH-3014 Bern, Switzerland
Max Aebi, MD
- Institute for Evaluative Research in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bern, Stauffacherstrasse 78, CH-3014 Bern, Switzerland
Michael J. Thali, MD
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland

Received 2 April 2007 ,Accepted 5 July 2007.

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