is autopsy done by some other methods as well, eg. CT Scan, Ultra Sound, MRI, FNAC, Endoscopies etc ?
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I found references to CT, and MRI being used in autopsy.  If those are used I don't see why ultrasound wouldn't occasionally.
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do you maybe mean forensic science?
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In most cases, endometrial biopsy is used to diagnosis uterine cancer. This outpatient procedure involves inserting a narrow tube into the uterus through the vagina and suctioning out a small amount of tissue from several areas of the uterine wall. The tissue is examined under a microscope and evaluated for cancerous or precancerous abnormalities. The procedure usually takes minutes to perform and provides an accurate diagnosis in 90% of cases. \n\nSometimes, a dilatation and curettage (D & C) is performed to diagnose the disease. This procedure involves dilating (widening) the cervix and inserting an instrument called a curette into the uterus through the vagina. The curette is used to scrape the uterine wall and collect tissue. In suction curettage, suction is applied through a narrow tube to remove the tissue sample. D & C is an outpatient procedure that takes about an hour and requires general anesthesia. \n\nPatients with certain medical conditions (e.g., severe high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, metastatic cancer) may be unable to safely tolerate anesthesia. In these patients, imaging tests such as MRI scan, CT scan, transabdominal ultrasound, and transvaginal ultrasound may be used to diagnose cancer of the uterus. \n\nExploratory laparotomy may be used to stage uterine cancer. Two methods for this procedure include endoscopic laparotomy and open laparotomy. In endoscopic laparotomy, a lighted, flexible instrument (called an endoscope) is introduced into the abdomen through a small incision and used to examine organs and lymph nodes in the peritoneal cavity. Abnormal tissue is removed for biopsy using tiny instruments that are passed through the endoscope. In open laparotomy, the peritoneal cavity is explored through an abdominal incision.
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There are ultrsonic surgical scalpels, they are being used today in some cases.\n\nIn some applications studies suggest they are superior to all other current techniques.
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Autopsies are generally performed by medical doctors (MDs).  You have to go to med school and then a residency in pathology to perform autopsies.  \n\nFrom the Univ of Maryland website: Autopsies ordered by the state can be performed by a county coroner, who is not necessarily a physician. A medical examiner who performs an autopsy is usually a pathologist.\n\nThis information may be specific to Maryland and not applicable to the other 49 states.\n\n\nPh.D.s can do medical research, but they do not practice medicine, so they cannot perform autopsies (maybe if they are county coroner in Maryland?).  However, Ph.D.s can analyze data from autopsies, including blood alcohol level and detection of any type of specific compounds.\n\nFinal Note: County coroners are elected officials, who don't necessarily have *any* medical training.  I'd rather have a real pathologist trying to figure out why I died!\n\n\nYou can also perform your own autopsy here:\nhttp://www.le.ac.uk/pa/teach/va/welcome.html
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Investigation of what?
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Pathology has different branches but mostly pathology is the science of tissues with diseases such as cancer. Pathologist's job is to determine if the tissue is healthy or contains a disease whatsoever. They also do autopsies. \n\nOn the other hand, forensic science is science used in public, in a court or in the justice system. Any science, used for the purposes of the law, is a forensic science. So forensic science is a very general term that includes a lot of sciences, while pathology is the science of abnormal tissues.
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The only way anything can be determined is by a biopsy. Which is a small surgical procedure. They just take a small piece of the liver and run tests.
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Embalming as practiced in the funeral homes of the Western World uses several steps. Modern embalming techniques are not the result of a single practitioner, but rather the accumulation of many decades, even centuries, of research, trial and error and invention. A standardized version follows below but variation on techniques is very common.\n\nThe first thing an embalmer should do is verify the identity of the deceased (normally via wrist or leg tags) and perform basic tests for signs of death, such as clouded-over corneas, lividity, and rigor mortis. While people awakening on the mortuary table is largely the province of horror fiction and urban myth, testing for death is still a final additional precaution. Any clothing on the corpse is removed and set aside; jewelry, also, is inventoried. A modesty cloth is then placed over the deceased's genitalia for dignity. Following this the corpse is washed in disinfecting and germicidal solutions, shaved, and groomed. The embalmer bends, flexes and massages the arms and legs to relieve rigor mortis. The eyes are closed and kept closed with an eyecap that keeps them shut and in the proper expression. The mouth may be closed via suturing with a needle and ligature, using an adhesive, wire or a needle injector, a specialised device most commonly utilised in North America and unique to mortuary practise. Care is taken to make the expression look as relaxed and natural as possible and ideally a recent photograph of the deceased while still living is used as a template. The process of closing the mouth, eyes, shaving etc is collectively known as setting the features.\n\nThe actual embalming process usually involves four parts:\n\nArterial embalming, which involves the injection of embalming chemicals into the blood vessels, usually via the right common carotid artery. Blood is displaced from the right jugular vein. The embalming solution is injected through a mechanical pump and the embalmer massages the corpse to ensure a proper distribution of the embalming fluid. In case of poor circulation, other injection points are used. \nCavity embalming, the suction of the internal fluids of the corpse and the injection of embalming chemicals into body cavities, using an aspirator and trocar. The embalmer makes a small incision just above the navel and pushes the trocar in the chest and stomach cavities to puncture the hollow organs and aspirate their contents. He then fills the cavities with concentrated chemicals that contain formaldehyde. The incision is either sutured closed or a "trocar button" is screwed into place. \nHypodermic embalming, the injection of embalming chemicals under the skin as needed. \nSurface embalming, which supplements the other methods, especially for visible, injured body parts. \nMost good embalmings are completed in two or three hours, although an easy case may take less and complicated cases can take days.
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My sister-in-law does autopsies, if that's what you mean, and she is a MD doing her residency in pathology.
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Ultrasound is done out of many reasons. As long as you are going through a complete check up, such ultrasound will be done to see what is going on in there inside you - to assess your body parts which cannot just be assessed by any method of examinations. The doctor will look at your body system parts such as uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, kidney, bladders, ureters. \n\nI am not sure of what your real condition is but I suggest there maybe  some things the doctor wants to clarify - perhaps the doctor noted  some doubtful or suspicious clues which need to be verified by ultrasound.♥
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Usually the findings/impressions just say what the radiologist sees.  For example, in a chest x-ray, it might say "a smooth, rounded, 2 cm density in the right upper lobe."  Well, that can describe many different processes.  Sometimes, the radiologist will give a differential diagnosis....ie:  "this could be due to X disease" or "Y disease can present this way." \n\nIt is up to the primary care physician to decide what process is causing this.  A MRI or CT scan or x-ray or ultrasound is just a part of a diagnosis of a disease/condition.
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A biopsy is a small tissue sample taken from a living subject for laboratory analysis.\n\nAn autopsy is the dissection and analysis of a dead subject.
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call the county coroners office.  if an autopsy was done, then you can get access to that info
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She had Autopsy photos?! If she did your sick, if you want to see them.
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1. Coroner is a public official who studies dead bodies.  A pathologist is a scientist who studies diseases.\n2. after-death
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A proper physical exam and possibly an MRI.