Using μX-Ray CT to observe postmortem diffusion from the stomach in a rat model.

The stomach has long been recognised as a depot for postmortem diffusion. A better understanding of the phenomena of postmortem diffusion would aid forensic practitioners in their interpretation of toxicological results. A limitation of previous stomach diffusion studies was the lack of ability to visualise postmortem diffusion in real time, the use of μX-ray Computed Tomography (CT) could overcome this problem.