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Overview

Michael J. Thali is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on forensic and radiological studies. Their research portfolio includes over 190 publications spanning several subfields and topics related to forensic imaging and medical diagnostics.

The main fields of study for their research include Medicine, with subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Archaeology, Emergency Medicine, Ophthalmology, and Insect Science. These areas reflect a broad interest in both medical imaging techniques and forensic applications.

The scientific topics prominently addressed in their work include:

  • Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
  • Restraint-Related Deaths
  • Radiation Dose and Imaging
  • Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices

Thali has published regularly in specialized forensic and legal medicine journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Forensic Imaging
  • International Journal of Legal Medicine
  • Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology
  • Rechtsmedizin
  • Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Among recent significant papers, the following have been documented with details on publication year and venue:

  • 'Implications for forensic death investigations from first Swiss post-mortem CT in a case of non-hospital treatment with COVID-19', 2020, Forensic Imaging
  • 'A review of visualization techniques of post-mortem computed tomography data for forensic death investigations', 2021, International Journal of Legal Medicine
  • 'Using the iPhone's LiDAR technology to capture 3D forensic data at crime and crash scenes', 2023, Forensic Imaging
  • 'FRACTURE MRI: Optimized 3D multi-echo in-phase sequence for bone damage assessment in craniocerebral gunshot injuries', 2020, Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
  • 'Comparison of MR Ultrashort Echo Time and Optimized 3D-Multiecho In-Phase Sequence to Computed Tomography for Assessment of the Osseous Craniocervical Junction', 2020, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Their collaborative network includes frequently co-authored works with Dominic Gascho, Jamie Elifritz, Garyfalia Ampanozi, Wolf Schweitzer, and Lars Ebert. These co-authors have multiple joint publications, indicating sustained research partnerships within forensic and imaging studies.

Best Publications

  • Virtopsy, a new imaging horizon in forensic pathology: virtual autopsy by postmortem multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)--a feasibility study

    Michael J. Thali;Kathrin Yen;Wolf Schweitzer;Peter Vock

  • VIRTOPSY: Minimally Invasive, Imaging-guided Virtual Autopsy

    Richard Dirnhofer;Christian Jackowski;Peter Vock;Kimberlee Potter

  • Virtual autopsy using imaging: bridging radiologic and forensic sciences. A review of the Virtopsy and similar projects

    Stephan A. Bolliger;Michael J. Thali;Steffen Ross;Ursula Buck

  • VIRTOPSY—Scientific Documentation, Reconstruction and Animation in Forensic: Individual and Real 3D Data Based Geo-Metric Approach Including Optical Body/Object Surface and Radiological CT/MRI Scanning

    Michael J. Thali;Marcel Braun;Ursula Buck;Emin Aghayev

  • VIRTOPSY – The Swiss virtual autopsy approach

    Michael J. Thali;Christian Jackowski;Lars Oesterhelweg;Steffen G. Ross

  • Evaluation of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) membrane test assays for the forensic identification of seminal fluid.

    Manfred N. Hochmeister;Bruce Budowle;Oskar Rudin;Christian Gehrig

  • Image-guided virtual autopsy findings of gunshot victims performed with multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and subsequent correlation between radiology and autopsy findings

    Michael J. Thali;Kathrin Yen;Peter Vock;Christoph Ozdoba

  • Clinical radiology and postmortem imaging (Virtopsy) are not the same: Specific and unspecific postmortem signs.

    Andreas Christe;Patricia Flach;Steffen Ross;Danny Spendlove

  • Use of multislice computed tomography in disaster victim identification--advantages and limitations.

    Martin Sidler;Christian Jackowski;Richard Dirnhofer;Peter Vock

  • Postmortem whole-body CT angiography: evaluation of two contrast media solutions

    Steffen Ross;Danny Spendlove;Stephan Bolliger;Andreas Christe

  • Suicide announcement on Facebook

    Thomas D. Ruder;Gary M. Hatch;Garyfalia Ampanozi;Michael J. Thali

  • The Virtopsy Approach: 3D Optical and Radiological Scanning and Reconstruction in Forensic Medicine

    Michael J. Thali;Richard Dirnhofer;Peter Vock

  • Accident or homicide - Virtual crime scene reconstruction using 3D methods

    Ursula Buck;Silvio Naether;Beat Räss;Christian Jackowski

  • Post-mortem forensic neuroimaging: Correlation of MSCT and MRI findings with autopsy results

    Kathrin Yen;Kathrin Yen;Karl-Olof Lövblad;Eva Scheurer;Christoph Ozdoba

  • Application of 3D documentation and geometric reconstruction methods in traffic accident analysis: With high resolution surface scanning, radiological MSCT/MRI scanning and real data based animation

    Ursula Buck;Silvio Naether;Marcel Braun;Stephan Bolliger

  • Postmortem angiography: review of former and current methods.

    Silke Grabherr;Valentin Djonov;Kathrin Yen;Michael J. Thali

  • The rise of forensic and post-mortem radiology—Analysis of the literature between the year 2000 and 2011

    Manuela Baglivo;Manuela Baglivo;Sebastian Winklhofer;Gary M Hatch;Garyfalia Ampanozi

  • Imaging in forensic radiology: an illustrated guide for postmortem computed tomography technique and protocols

    Patricia M. Flach;Patricia M. Flach;Dominic Gascho;Wolf Schweitzer;Thomas D. Ruder

  • Bite mark documentation and analysis: the forensic 3D/CAD supported photogrammetry approach.

    M.J. Thali;M. Braun;Th.H. Markwalder;W. Brueschweiler

  • Virtopsy: postmortem imaging of the human heart in situ using MSCT and MRI

    Christian Jackowski;Wolf Schweitzer;Michael Thali;Kathrin Yen

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Vock
Peter Vock University of Bern
Hatem Alkadhi
Hatem Alkadhi University of Zurich
Thomas Kraemer
Thomas Kraemer University of Zurich
Chris Boesch
Chris Boesch University of Bern
Joachim Weis
Joachim Weis RWTH Aachen University
Valentin Djonov
Valentin Djonov University of Bern
Gerhard Schroth
Gerhard Schroth University of Bern
Klaus Scheffler
Klaus Scheffler Max Planck Society
Roland Kreis
Roland Kreis University of Bern
Bruce Budowle
Bruce Budowle University of North Texas Health Science Center

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