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Chris O'Donnell

MB BS, FRANZCR, M.Med, GradDipForMed, FFFPMI (RCPA)

Chris is a specialist necroradiologist and consultant forensic radiologist at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM), and adjunct senior lecturer, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University.  He also works as a clinical radiologist.  He installed one of the world’s first mortuary-based CT scanners at VIFM in 2005 and was lead radiologist in the Black Saturday bushfire DVI operation in 2009.  He has trained many local and international forensic pathologists and radiologists in post-mortem CT (PMCT).

Chris is convenor of an annual short course in PMCT interpretation for Monash University that has now become a unit of the Monash University Master of Forensic Medicine programme.  He provides expert opinion on forensic matters to the criminal justice system of Victoria and other states of Australia. He is past chair of the International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging, and is currently overseeing the installation of an MRI scanner into the mortuary at VIFM.

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Enlarged arc of Riolan and marginal artery of Drummond secondary to occluded celiac axis and superior mesenteric artery

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 31 Jan 2018
95% complete
CT
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Azygos and hemiazygos veins

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 28 May 2017
95% complete
CT
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Bilateral chronic common carotid occlusion

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 24 Jan 2017
92% complete
CT
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Giant cell arteritis of the distal superficial femoral artery

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 23 Jan 2017
91% complete
Ultrasound
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Ruptured thoracic aortic dissection

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 13 Nov 2016
95% complete
X-ray CT
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Indirect cavernous sinus arterio-venous fistula

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 13 Nov 2016
95% complete
MRI
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Spontaneous inferior vena cava thrombosis

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 17 Jul 2016
92% complete
Ultrasound CT
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High grade proximal ICA stenosis - intracranial MRA findings

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 28 Jun 2016
92% complete
MRI Ultrasound
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Post partum right ovarian vein thrombosis (thrombophlebitis)

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 05 Jun 2016
86% complete
CT
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Left superior vena cava

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 18 Mar 2016
92% complete
CT
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Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 06 Mar 2016
92% complete
MRI
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Contrast flow phenomenon in inferior vena cava

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 16 Feb 2016
92% complete
CT
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Thrombosed left-sided (transposed) IVC filter

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 14 Feb 2016
95% complete
CT
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Bleeding hemorrhoids - importance of coverage in CT mesenteric angiography

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 28 Jan 2016
89% complete
CT
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Muscle edema secondary to calf DVT on MRI

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 25 Jan 2016
95% complete
MRI
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Critical carotid stenosis - CTA findings

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 22 Jan 2016
92% complete
CT
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Post neck manipulation ICA dissection presenting as Horner sydrome

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 22 Jan 2016
95% complete
MRI CT
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N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate pulmonary embolism and left adrenal venous infarction

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 20 Jan 2016
95% complete
CT
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Active colonic bleeding: importance of preliminary non-contrast, arterial phase and delayed phase imaging on CT mesenteric angiography

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 14 Jan 2016
92% complete
DSA (angiography) CT
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Localized renal artery dissection

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 30 Dec 2015
79% complete
Annotated image
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Lung cancer on CTPA: extrinsic compression of pulmonary artery

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 28 Dec 2015
95% complete
CT
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Puerperal sepsis

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 24 Dec 2015
92% complete
CT
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Post traumatic occlusion of the brachial artery

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 02 Dec 2015
92% complete
CT
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Traumatic pseudoaneurysm left brachial artery (knife wound)

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 29 Nov 2015
92% complete
CT
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Posterior cranial fossa dural arteriovenous fistula - pulsatile tinnitus

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 01 Jul 2015
71% complete
MRI
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Varicose veins on knee radiograph

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 24 Jun 2015
57% complete
X-ray
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Non-occlusive intraluminal internal carotid artery thrombus

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 21 Jun 2015
80% complete
CT
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Chronic brachial plexopathy and axillary artery occlusion post shoulder trauma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 29 May 2015
74% complete
CT MRI
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Pelvi-ureteric obstruction with aberrant accessory lower pole renal artery

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 28 May 2015
89% complete
CT
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Left middle cerebral artery branch embolus causing stroke

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 27 Apr 2015
92% complete
CT
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Positional compression of the left axillary artery by the pectoralis minor muscle

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 14 Apr 2015
95% complete
CT
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Reperfusion testicular hyperemia post torsion correction

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 29 Mar 2015
94% complete
Ultrasound
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Splenium of corpus callosum acute infarction - posterior pericallosal artery territory

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 28 Jan 2015
92% complete
MRI
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Evolution of cerebral infarction: edema to laminar necrosis and hemorrhagic transformation then to atrophy

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 23 Dec 2014
95% complete
CT
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Popliteal artery aneurysm

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 17 Oct 2014
74% complete
MRI
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Ruptured external iliac artery post coronary angiogram

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 06 Oct 2014
89% complete
CT
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Artifactual basilar artery stenosis due to metallic stent

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 23 Sep 2014
90% complete
MRI CT
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Fibromuscular dysplasia (right renal artery)

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 21 Sep 2014
80% complete
Ultrasound CT
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Acute medullary pyramidal infarction

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 29 Aug 2014
95% complete
MRI
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Turbulent flow in thoracic aortic aneurysm

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 03 Aug 2014
68% complete
CT
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Spontaneous right ICA and vertebral artery dissection - underlying fibromuscular dysplasia

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 08 Jun 2014
80% complete
CT
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Focal traumatic subdural hematoma in a baby

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 24 Apr 2014
92% complete
CT
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Loop-the-loop internal carotid artery

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 10 Apr 2014
83% complete
CT
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Delayed rupture of the spleen - traumatic pseudoaneurysms and A-V fistula

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 17 Feb 2014
74% complete
CT
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Giant cell aortitis

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 13 Jan 2014
92% complete
CT Nuclear medicine
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Massive multinodular goiter causing venous obstruction

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 11 Jan 2014
78% complete
CT
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Penetrating ulcer ascending aorta

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 19 Jan 2013
77% complete
CT
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Carotid sheath abscess 12 days post endarterectomy

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 16 Jan 2013
65% complete
CT
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Thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 08 Dec 2012
70% complete
X-ray CT
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Saccular abdominal aortic aneurysms

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 21 Nov 2012
62% complete
CT
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Duplicated left renal vein

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 20 Nov 2012
65% complete
CT
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Superior mesenteric artery dissection

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 16 Oct 2012
74% complete
CT
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Persistent trigeminal artery

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 20 Jul 2012
77% complete
MRI
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Ruptured stent-grafted abdominal aorta due to type III endoleak

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 18 Jun 2012
62% complete
CT
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Renal cell carcinoma with IVC invasion through to supradiaphragmatic level

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 15 Jun 2012
77% complete
MRI
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Chronic pulmonary embolism

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 27 May 2012
92% complete
CT
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Iliac artery compression by tumor

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 30 Apr 2012
80% complete
CT
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Localized small bowel ischemia - ileum (CT angiography)

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 28 Apr 2012
65% complete
CT
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Renal angiogram - MR angiography

  Diagnosis not applicable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 26 Apr 2012
56% complete
MRI
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Chronic subclavian vein thrombosis

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 09 Apr 2012
77% complete
CT
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Hypovolemia and hypotension - abdominal CT

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 08 Apr 2012
71% complete
CT
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Terminal right vertebral artery dissection - post neck manipulation

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 04 Apr 2012
80% complete
MRI
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Forearm (bone and soft tissue) vascular malformation

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 26 Mar 2012
59% complete
X-ray Ultrasound MRI
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Surgically corrected type A thoracic aortic dissection

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 11 Mar 2012
83% complete
CT
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Brain death

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 22 Feb 2012
94% complete
DSA (angiography)
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Cavernous transformation of the portal vein

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 16 Feb 2012
95% complete
CT
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Marfan syndrome - ascending aorta aneurysm

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 19 Jan 2012
79% complete
CT
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Ischemic colitis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 15 Jan 2012
77% complete
CT
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Spontaneous Stanford type B dissection of the thoracic aorta masquerading as pulmonary embolism

Chris O'Donnell
Published 09 Jan 2012
65% complete
CT
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Spontaneous right internal carotid artery dissection

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 09 Jan 2012
77% complete
MRI