Magnetic resonance imaging of the medial extremity of the clavicle in forensic bone age determination: A new four-minute approach

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 757-767

  Hillewig, Elke ^a   De Tobel, J ^a   Cuche, O ^a   Vandemaele, P ^a   Piette, M ^a   Verstraete, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age determination by skeleton; Clavicle; Forensic medicine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiography

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CLAVICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SKELETON RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; CLAVICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79954611495     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1978-1     Document Type: Article

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