Quantitative assessment of trabecular bone pattern identification

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1144-1147

  Kahana, Tzipi ^a,b   Hiss, Jehuda ^b   Smith, Patricia ^c  

^a Israel Police   (Israel)

^b L Greenberg Inst of Forensic Med   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Identification; Trabecula; X ray

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; TRABECULAR BONE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031790583     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14377j     Document Type: Article

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