chapter Part A Introduction -- chapter Chapter A1. Autopsy to Virtopsy: Oral Description versus Image: Value of Evidence -- chapter Chapter A2. History of Virtopsy: How It All Began -- chapter Chapter A3. Virtopsy® More Than Some 100 Cases: Statement and Perspectives of Forensic Imaging by Using 3D Optical and Combined CT/MRI Whole-Body Scanning -- chapter Chapter A4 Legal Side -- chapter Chapter A5 Religion -- chapter Part B Imaging and Visualization Methods/Explanation of Techniques -- chapter Chapter B1 External Body Documentation -- chapter Chapter B2 Internal Body Documentation -- chapter Chapter B3 3D Visualization of Radiological Data -- chapter Chapter B4 Storage of Radiological Data (PACS) -- chapter Chapter B5 The Virtopsy Database: Comparing Radiology and Autopsy Findings Using a Database -- chapter Part C Forensic Application of Imaging Techniques -- chapter Chapter C1 Intravital versus Postmortem Imaging -- chapter Chapter C2 A Historical Overview of the Literature -- chapter Chapter C3 External Body Documentation -- chapter Chapter C4 Internal Body Documentation -- chapter Chapter C5 Documentation of Extracorporeal Findings -- chapter Part D Forensic Topics -- chapter Chapter D1 Radiologic Identication -- chapter Chapter D2 Thanatology -- chapter Chapter D3 Incident-Specic Cases -- chapter Chapter D4 Virtopsy as a Multi-Tool Approach -- chapter Chapter D6 Postmortem Angiography -- chapter Chapter D7 Experiences with Virtual Autopsy Approach Worldwide -- chapter Chapter D8 Miscellaneous -- chapter Acknowledgments.