Determination of gender by measuring the size of the maxillary sinuses in computerized tomography scans

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-13

  Teke, Hacer Yasar ^a   Duran, Semra ^b   Canturk, Nergis ^c   Canturk, Gurol ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Ministry of Justice ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Determination of gender; Disaster victim identification; Forensic medicine; Maxillary sinuses

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947392053     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-006-0157-1     Document Type: Article

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