Table 1:

Case data

Case	Age at Death [years]	Incident	Cause of Death^a	Time of Death–MRI [hours]	T_app^b [°C]
1	53	Fall from great height	Central respiratory arrest due to brain trauma	20	20
2	29	Natural death	Heart failure	44	20
3	94	Motor vehicle crash (pedestrian)	Central respiratory arrest due to brain trauma	45	10
4	63	Natural death	Heart failure	49	5
5	44	Diving accident	Heart failure due to gas embolism	51	5
6	45	Fall into a crevasse	Organ failure due to hypothermia	73	12
7	29	Suicidal hanging	Suffocation	13	30
8	79	Beating to death	Heart failure due to pneumothorax and fat embolism	14	28
9	30	Suicidal hanging	Suffocation	48	23
10	61	Motor vehicle crash (pedestrian)	Heart & lung failure due to blood aspiration and pneumothorax	49	10
11	19	Incidental gas intoxication (propane & butane)	Central respiratory arrest	14	25
12	46	Manual strangulation	Suffocation	14	22
13	3	Natural death	Central respiratory arrest due to suffocation (laryngitis)	19	8
14	46	Suicidal intoxication & hypothermia	Central respiratory arrest and hypothermia (combined)	33	5
15	37	Natural death	Heart failure	17	8
16	28	Incidental hanging	Suffocation	141	5
17	58	Natural death	Heart failure	25	10
18	29	Suicidal hanging	Suffocation	61	15
19	58	Medical maltreatment	Heart failure due to arterial air embolism	43	10
20	49	Hang-glider crash	Central respiratory insufficience due to brain stem lesion	27	19

a In cases with combined or concurring causes of death only the most relevant are mentioned.
b Approximate body core temperature at the time of MR imaging