Table 1.

Overview of group I patients presenting good agreement of results in pmCT and autopsy (DD = differential diagnosis)

ID	Cause of death - pmCT	Cause of death - autopsy	Region of death causing injury
1	subtotal amputation pelvic half/thigh amputation os ilium, open book fracture	amputation pelvis with consecutive blood loss	Skeletal system
7	brain steem bleeding, incarceration foramen magnum avulsion cervical myelon (C1/2)	basal skull fracture, brain bleeding, incarceration of medulla oblongata	head/neck
8	Multiple trauma: complex dislocated fracture skull/foramen magnum, subarachnoidal bleeding, ventricle tamponade  brain edema, incarceration suspected aortic root rupture, hematothorax, lung contusion, Tension pneumothorax, disruption pericardium/heart	multiple trauma: destruction of basal skull, disruption of pons/medulla oblongata, ventricle tamponade, diffuse intracerebral bleeding disruption of lung/pericardium/heart, rupture of aortic root, hematothorax	head/neck chest
13	intracerebral, subdural, subarachnoidal bleeding brain edema, basal incarceration	bloody destruction, herniation frontal/temportal lobe with so-called intravital brain necrosis	head/neck
14	impression fracture skull brain edema, incarceration lung contusion DD signs of aspiration	brain injury with occipital impression fracture, brain contusion, brain edema blood aspiration lung	head/neck chest
16	brain edema atlas ring fracture, dislocated dens axis, intraspinal bleeding avulsion vertebral artery, suspected marrow injury cervical spine	gaping disconnection 1st and 2nd cervical vertebrae, atlas ring fracture with rupture upper cervical marrow	head/neck
18	brain edema due to oxygen lack (drowning) lung edema, fluid filled major airways	signs of drowning lung/distal airways brain edema	chest
22	bilateral rib fractures pleural effusion, bilateral hematothorax	bilateral rib fractures, hematothorax, pleural effusion with circulatory failure due to inner bleed to death	chest
26	signs of increased intracranial pressure, midline shiftintracranial bleeding, incarceration foramen magnum skull base fracture bony destruction pelvis	skull base fracture, subdural bleeding, signs of increased intracranial pressure, beginning incarceration complex destruction of bony pelvis, soft tissue hematoma retroperitoneal due to rupture internal iliac artery	head abdomen/pelvis