Aging process variability on the human skeleton: Artificial network as an appropriate tool for age at death assessment

Forensic Science International

Volumn 148, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 163-167

  Corsini, Marc Michel ^a   Schmitt, Aurore ^b   Bruzek, Jaroslav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Adult; Age at death; Artificial neural network; Auricular surface; Pubic symphysis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BONE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; LINEAR SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 11444251240     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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