Prof. Masataka Uetani
Director of Education Center for Forensic Pathology and Science, Nagasaki University |
I am Dr. Uetani, working as a radiologist at the Nagasaki University Hospital as well as a director of Education Center Forensic Pathology and Science in Nagasaki University School of Medicine. On behalf of the organizers of this conference, it is my pleasure to make a few closing remarks and express gratitude to all who made this meeting successful. I appreciate this valuable opportunity to know the differences in educational or training systems among other countries.
To be honest, I did not have much interest on forensic medicine. However, we started postmortem CT in Nagasaki University School of Medicine several years ago. Then, we radiologists were involved by forensic medicine, whether we liked or not. As you know, autopsy rate is less in Japan due to a lack of specialists. Instead, postmortem imaging is now widely used an alternative to an autopsy or determine whether an autopsy is needed. The significance and usefulness of postmortem imaging is gradually increasing in the fields of radiology, forensic medicine and emergency medicine in Japan. We will have the next year’s meeting to focus on the postmortem imaging.
Finally, we thank all of you again. Please do enjoy your stay here in Nagasaki. I hope you come to Nagasaki next year again to participate this meeting. |
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