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149 CT and MR features of postmortem change in deaths 8 Table 4. Scoring list of PMCT and PMMR features of postmortem changes in the thorax Postmortem imaging feature Category Postmortem process 1. Hyperdense aortic wall Gravity dependent Blood sedimentation 2. Sedimentation of blood aorta Gravity dependent Blood sedimentation 3. Sedimentation of blood large vessels Gravity dependent Blood sedimentation 4. Livores heart Gravity dependent Livor mortis 5. Sedimentation of blood heart Gravity dependent Blood sedimentation 6. Livores lung Gravity dependent Livor mortis 7. Groundglass opacification Gravity dependent Livor mortis 8. Increased density dependent areas skin and subcutis Gravity dependent Livor mortis 9. Edema dependent areas subcutis Decomposition / Gravity dependent Cell wall leakage / Livor mortis 10. Intravascular air Decomposition Putrefaction 11. Gas formation heart Decomposition Putrefaction 12. Gas formation myocardium Decomposition Putrefaction 13. Susceptibility artifacts heart (gas) Decomposition Putrefaction 14. Pericardial effusion Decomposition Cell wall leakage 15. Pleural effusion Decomposition Cell wall leakage 16. Gas formation lung parenchyma Decomposition Putrefaction 17. T2 signal decay from subepicardial to subendocardial Rigor mortis Rigor mortis 18. Dilated vena cava inferior Miscellaneous Loss of blood pressure 19. Postmortem clotting large vessels Miscellaneous Clotting 20. Collapse large vessels Miscellaneous Loss of blood pressure 21. Dilated heart Miscellaneous Loss of blood pressure 22. Dilated right atrium Miscellaneous Loss of blood pressure 23. Postmortem clotting heart Miscellaneous Clotting 24. Collapse of aorta Miscellaneous Loss of blood pressure 25. Postmortem clotting aorta Miscellaneous Clotting 26. Dilated vena cava superior Miscellaneous Loss of blood pressure 27. Gas formation subcutaneous areas Decomposition Putrefaction 28. Liquid trachea / bronchi Decomposition Cell wall leakage