Postmortem computed tomography findings in cases of bath-related death: Applicability and limitation in forensic practice

Majority of bath-related deaths in this study showed signs of drowning at autopsy, and we observed a range of factors that contributed to drowning. By using several radiological parameters (e.g., the distance between the lungs, stomach volume, and the density of the gastric contents), PMCT for the investigation of bath-related deaths might indicate that drowning as opposed to other factors unrelated to drowning (e.g., sudden cardiac death) was the cause of death. This might allow for calculation of accurate mortality statistics on bath-related deaths.