澳大利亞維多利亞州的驗屍官,每年獲報 7,000 個案件,主要涵蓋意外死亡,以及診療後或照顧、監管中喪命。它們的現場照片、已知情況、電腦斷層掃描影像和屍體外觀,通常先由鑑識病理學家檢視。同時,家屬可能有所疑慮,並要求解剖。驗屍官會綜合以上,決定是否動刀。這回維多利亞法醫機構(Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine),從驗屍官那裡收到兩個疑似上吊的案子,得先進行初步的司法驗屍。[1]
非本案使用的電腦斷層掃描儀。圖/Tomáš Vendiš on Wikimedia Commons(CC BY-SA 4.0)
a. 交錯咬合;b. 左側下顎髁骨移位;c. 右側下顎髁骨位置正常。圖/參考資料 1,Figure 4(CC BY 4.0)舌骨(hyoid bone);甲狀軟骨上角(superior cornu of thyroid cartilage)。圖/Olek Remesz on Wikimedia Commons(CC BY-SA 2.5)
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