Application of the Iscan method to two- and three-dimensional imaging of the sternal end of the right fourth rib

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-295

  Dedouit, Fabrice ^a   Bindel, Stéphanie ^a   Gainza, David ^a   Blanc, Anthony ^a   Joffre, Francis ^a   Rougé, Daniel ^a   Telmon, Norbert ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Bone age determination; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Multislice computed tomography; Sternal end of the rib

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; BONE AGE; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RIB; STERNUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41149102023     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00642.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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