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66 Chapter 4 TABLES Table 1. Article details and study population First author Year of publ. Journal Country Inclusion via Overall N included/ of which with autopsy Age mean, range (years) Sex ratio, male:female (n) Postmortem interval (hours/days/ minutes) Non-invasive methods Puranik 114 2014 J Cardiovasc Magn Reson Australia Department of Forensic Medicine 17/ 17 22.7, 1.5-35 13:4* Mean time to autopsy: 56.1h Roberts 102 2012 Lancet United Kingdom Coroner 182/ 182 n/r n/r n/r Takahashi 103 2012 Eur Radiol Japan Emergency Department 494/ 20 Median: 74, 0-101 among autopsied: 46.5 306:188 among autopsied: 16:4 Mean PMI for imaging: 21.7m CA within 4-24h after CT Westphal 104 2012 Virchows Arch Germany Hospital, Department of Pathology 29/ 28 59, 0-91 19:10 Mean PMI for imaging: 50h Mean PMI for CA: 62h Wichmann 59 2012 Ann Intern Med Germany 9 Intensive Care Units 162/ 47 among autopsied: 63 among autopsied: 26:21 n/r Roberts 110 2003 Histopathology United Kingdom Coroner 10/ 10 n/r n/r Median time from death to imaging: 2d Patriquin 111 2001 J Magn Reson Imaging USA n/r 8/ 8 64 4:4 Imaging within 12h of death. CA within 12h of imaging.