Forensic age estimation in living subjects based on the ossification status of the medial clavicular epiphysis as revealed by thin-slice multidetector computed tomography

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-154

  Kellinghaus, Manuel ^a   Schulz, Ronald ^a   Vieth, Volker ^b   Schmidt, Sven ^c   Schmeling, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clavicle; Computed tomography; Forensic age diagnosis; Ossification; Skeletal age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CLAVICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; CLAVICLE; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649236595     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-009-0398-8     Document Type: Article

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