Patella sex determination by 3D statistical shape models and nonlinear classifiers

Forensic Science International

Volumn 173, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 161-170

  Mahfouz, Mohamed ^a   Badawi, Ahmed ^a   Merkl, Brandon ^a   Fatah, Emam E Abdel ^a   Pritchard, Emily ^a   Kesler, Katherine ^a   Moore, Megan ^b   Jantz, Richard ^b   Jantz, Lee ^b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D statistical shape; Discriminant function analysis; Forensic anthropology; Neural networks; Patella; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUZZY SYSTEM; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PATELLA; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 35348880831     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.02.024     Document Type: Article

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