“Rutty's rules”: Baseline guidance to safe postmortem computed tomography reporting

This paper presents guidance in the form of 10 basic rules for those embarking upon or running established postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) reporting services to consider adopting to assist reducing the risk of erroneous diagnosis of PMCT reporting particularly where remote reporting services are being operated or non-pathology practitioners are taking on enhanced roles and responsibilities within a PMCT service traditionally undertaken by autopsy pathologists.