Age assessment by magnetic resonance imaging of the knee: A preliminary study

Forensic Science International

Volumn 217, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 232.e1-232.e7

  Dedouit, Fabrice ^a,b   Auriol, Julien ^a,b   Rousseau, Hervé ^a   Rougé, Daniel ^a,b   Crubézy, Eric ^b   Telmon, Norbert ^a,b  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Anthropology; Forensic anthropology population data; Forensic sciences; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Transition analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA; VALIDITY;

EID: 84858792348     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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