Digital Post-Mortem Centre To Open In UK

Europe's first non-invasive digital post-mortem examinations will be carried out at a state-of-the-art centre in Sheffield.

It will allow pathologists to perform some investigations into cause of death without dissecting the body.

Sheffield is the only place to have the technology outside of Malaysia, where it was developed, and it is set to be the first of a network of centres across the UK.

The new equipment involves a CT scanning machine with unique software that turns images into a 3D representation of the body.

The pathologist uses a large touchscreen tablet computer to carry out the examination.

It could be used in 70% of post-mortem examinations, according to iGene, the company behind the technology.

The scene of death could also be reconstructed digitally using the 3D capabilities of the system, according to the firm.

Another 17 sites are expected to open by the end of 2015

It said the technology would make things easier for families, speeding up the process and, in some cases, providing more accurate findings.

"Digital autopsy is more than just a technological innovation," said Matt Chandran, chief executive of iGene.

"It represents a tremendous humanitarian step forward in establishing the cause of an unnatural death."

Sheffield City Council leader Julie Dore said "countless families" in the city would benefit from the new centre, which will be opened by chief coroner Judge Peter Thornton.

It is intended to pave the way for a series of centres, making the UK the first country to have such a network.

A centre in Bradford is expected to open next year, and the company aims to have 18 sites across England and Wales open by the end of 2015, with the creation of up to 250 highly skilled jobs.

Around 95,000 post-mortem examinations were performed in Britain last year, accounting for around 20% of deaths.

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