Fig. 3
From: Burned bodies: post-mortem computed tomography, an essential tool for modern forensic medicine
In the case of an extremely charred body, the foreign bodies viewable on PMCT could help the forensic team to identify the body and should be enumerated in the CT report. a Charred body of a 72-year-old man found under the debris from his home fire. Notice the metallic artefact of the signet ring on the wedding finger on MIP sagittal reconstruction (white arrows). b Volume rendering reconstruction of the same body with the ring around the wedding finger (black arrow). c The burned body of a 42-year-old woman, killed and then burned by her husband. The PMCT shows an intra-uterine device (thick black arrow). The presence of such medical devices is correlated with medical records by the forensic pathologist, to facilitate the process of victim identification. d The burned body of an 84-year-old man, who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a home fire. Formal identification of the body was possible via research through medical records for correlation of right leg amputation with leg prothesis (dashed white arrow)