Automated autopsy system

A medical navigation system for performing at least part of an assessment of a non-living body, the medical navigation system comprising:

• a positioning device having a positioning arm with an end effector at an end of the positioning arm;
• an imaging device coupled to the end effector;
• and
• a controller electrically coupled to the positioning device and the imaging device, the controller having a processor coupled to a memory and a display;
• the controller being configured to:
• generate a signal to move the positioning arm to position the imaging device through a range of motion to perform a scan of a surface of the body;
• receive and save as data in the memory a signal generated by the imaging device during the range of motion;
• and
• perform a pathological analysis of the data in the memory that was saved data to automatically discover items of interest on the non-living body and provide an initial assessment of a likely cause of death;
• wherein in response to discovering an item of interest on the body, the processor is further configured to:
• generate a signal to automatically move the positioning arm to position the imaging device to capture additional images in an area of the item of interest on the body;
• and
• receive and save as additional data in the memory a signal generated by the imaging device during the capture of the additional images.