Enhanced possibilities to make statements on the ossification status of the medial clavicular epiphysis using an amplified staging scheme in evaluating thin-slice CT scans

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-325

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CLAVICLE; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954537376     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-010-0448-2     Document Type: Article

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