For many people of different faiths, cutting up a corpse to figure out, how a person died is an invasive, even offensive, procedure. In some cases, as with Muslims and Jews, autopsies may violate their religious laws. But technology is stepping in with a more acceptable alternative to traditional autopsies, using sophisticated scanning and three-dimensional computer systems. 

Keywords: Forensic radiology; 3D surface scanning; Virtopsy; Virtual autopsy