Magnetic resonance imaging of the clavicular ossification

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-324

  Schmidt, Sven ^a   Mühler, Matthias ^a   Schmeling, Andreas ^b   Reisinger, Walter ^a   Schulz, Ronald ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clavicle; Forensic age estimation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ossification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARTILAGE; CHILD; CLAVICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT;

EID: 34249011201     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0160-z     Document Type: Article

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