Digital forensic osteology: Morphological sexing of skeletal remains using volume-rendered cranial CT scans

Forensic Science International

Volumn 195, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 148-152

  Ramsthaler, Frank ^a   Kettner, Mattias ^a   Gehl, Axel ^b   Verhoff, M A ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Digital osteology; Forensic anthropology; Interaobserver bias; Morphology; Sex determination; Validity study; Volume rendered CT scan

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 74749098798     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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