Virtual Autopsy March 20, 2010

Medgadget published a report about Virtobot that shows what the future of forensic medicine will look like.

The robot scans the contours and texture of the human body by projecting light bars on it and acquiring high definition images. These data are combined with the CT images acquired by the scanner in the same room. A three dimensional image of the body is then reconstructed that can be used during forensic examinations and be preserved as long as necessary.

You might remember when Swedish researchers developed an interactive touchscreen 3D autopsy table, the Virtual Autopsy Table: