ESPR postmortem imaging task force: where we begin

Owen J Arthurs; Rick R van Rijn; Elspeth H Whitby; Karl Johnson; Elka Miller; Martin Stenzel; Andrew Watt; Ajay Taranath; David H Perry

doi:10.1007/s00247-016-3639-2

ESPR postmortem imaging task force: where we begin

Pediatr Radiol. 2016 Aug;46(9):1363-9. doi: 10.1007/s00247-016-3639-2. Epub 2016 Jul 13.

Authors

Owen J Arthurs^{1

2}, Rick R van Rijn³, Elspeth H Whitby⁴, Karl Johnson⁵, Elka Miller⁶, Martin Stenzel⁷, Andrew Watt⁸, Ajay Taranath⁹, David H Perry¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK. owen.arthurs@gosh.nhs.uk.
² Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, UK. owen.arthurs@gosh.nhs.uk.
³ Department of Radiology, Emma Children's Hospital - Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Academic unit of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 1SF, UK.
⁵ Radiology Department, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK.
⁶ Department of Medical Imaging, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada.
⁷ Department of Radiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, D-79106, Freiburg, Germany.
⁸ Department of Diagnostic Imaging & Clinical Physics, The Royal Hospital for Children, 1345 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 4TF, UK.
⁹ Department of Medical Imaging, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William St., North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
¹⁰ Radiology Department, National Women's Health and Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland City Hospital, Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand.

PMID: 27412272
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-016-3639-2

Abstract

A new task force on postmortem imaging was established at the annual meeting of the European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR) in Graz, Austria, in 2015. The postmortem task force is separate from the child abuse task force as it covers all aspects of fetal, neonatal and non-forensic postmortem imaging. The main focus of the task force is the guidance and standardization of non-radiographic postmortem imaging, particularly postmortem CT and postmortem MRI. This manuscript outlines the starting point of the task force, with a mission statement, outline of current experience, and short- and long-term goals.

Keywords: Autopsy; Child; Computed tomography; Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Minimally invasive postmortem examination; Postmortem.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Advisory Committees / organization & administration*
Autopsy / standards*
Child
Child, Preschool
Europe
Female
Forensic Medicine / organization & administration*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Models, Organizational*
Pediatrics / organization & administration*
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Radiology / organization & administration*

Grants and funding

NIHR-CS-012-002/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom