Affiliation: | 1. Department of Radiology, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK;2. Fetal Medicine Unit, University College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Department of Clinical Molecular Genetics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK;3. Department of Neonatology, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK;4. Department of Paediatric Pathology, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK |
Abstract: | For a variety of reasons, acceptance of traditional postmortem examination following foetal or neonatal death has declined significantly in recent years in the UK. Here, we review the case for the development of less invasive autopsy using combined investigations including imaging techniques, in particular, magnetic resonance imaging and computerised tomography. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |