The team at Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine’s (VIFM) Medico-Legal Death Investigation in Australia are working to demonstrate the benefits of producing 3D prints to serve as evidence in court. The VIFM forensic radiology lab acquired a CT scanner for their mortuary back in 2005, and has scanned deceased individuals since, providing for a closer and less disruptive look at remains, and reducing the need for autopsies by answering questions with a simple, non-invasive scan. Presenting at Monash University as part of the 3D Printing for Medical Applications Seminar given earlier in April, Dr. Chris O’Donnell from VIFM made the case for and discussed the barriers to the use of 3D imagery and, more importantly, physical models that convey the forensic information from much more recent deaths to the jury, lawyers, judges, and defendants in a case. Read the full article for details on how this high-tech approach to death investigations might be used in the legal system: http://3dprint.com/61248/3d-printing...tigates-death/


Below is a photo from the Monash University presentation: