Estimation of sex and age of "virtual skeletons" - A feasibility study

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 419-429

  Grabherr, Silke ^a   Cooper, Christine ^b   Ulrich Bochsler, Susi ^b   Uldin, Tanya ^c   Ross, Steffen ^b   Oesterhelweg, Lars ^b   Bolliger, Stephan ^b   Christe, Andreas ^b   Schnyder, Pierre ^a   Mangin, Patrice ^a   Thali, Michael J ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Service of Osteo Archaeology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Digital osteology; Sex estimation; Skeletal age; Virtopsy; Virtual skeleton

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTITION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME OF DEATH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; SKELETON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59249084434     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1155-y     Document Type: Article

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