Lung weight estimation with postmortem CT in forensic cases.

Postmortem computed tomography (CT) is a minimally invasive technique to examine internal organs before a forensic autopsy. The purpose of our study was to estimate lung weight in a forensic setting in cases of various lung states, including fluid accumulation (congestion, edema, hypostasis, and inflammation etc.) using postmortem CT.

Estimating normal lung weight measurement using postmortem CT in forensic cases.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to estimate the lung weight using postmortem CT in well aerated lung autopsy cases. The correlation coefficients to the lung weight were also evaluated for the cadavers' height, weight, whole body surface area (WBSA), body mass index, and estimated lung volume.

Materials And Methods: From October 2015 to July 2016, 31 cadavers (male 12, female 19, age 20-98 (mean 66.