Virtopsy
Virtopsy is a portmanteau of virtual and autopsy. It is a way of performing a non- or minimally-invasive autopsy by scanning a corpse. Virtopsy is a registered name of the research team in Bern, Switzerland.
Virtopsies in popular culture
- In the CSI: Miami episode “Deep Freeze”, Dr. Woods performs a virtopsy on a recently murdered athlete to prevent damaging it so that he could be cryogenically frozen.
- In the CSI: NY episode “Veritas”, Sid does a virtual autopsy on Derek, showing Stella that the bullet that killed him entered through his cheek.
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