Anthropological Measurement of the Juvenile Clavicle Using Multi‐Detector Computed Tomography—Affirming Reliability |
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| Authors: | Alison L Brough BSc Jonathan Bennett MD Bruno Morgan PhD BMBCh Sue Black OBE BSc PhD DSc; Guy N Rutty MBE MD MBBS |
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| Institution: | 1. East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, , Leicester, LE2 7LX U.K;2. Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, , Coventry, CV4 7AL U.K;3. Imaging Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, , Leicester, LE2 7LX U.K;4. Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, , Dundee, DD1 5EH U.K |
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| Abstract: | Currently, there is no standardized protocol for multi‐detector computed tomography (MDCT) measurement of juvenile remains. Using 33 juvenile clavicles, this paper investigates a protocol to allow MDCT measurements, comparable or supplemental with traditional osteometric measurements, to be acquired for application to previously published algorithms. The results illustrate that there is no significant difference between MDCT measurements and those taken by direct osteometric methods. By presenting such a protocol, this paper takes the first steps toward validation of the process of conversion from measurement of dry juvenile bone to MDCT compatibility and allows the forensic world to take a step forward in standardizing the way MDCT is used for forensic practice. This paper assesses the limitations and potential applications of this virtual approach and offers some suggestions for where further work might progress the conversion of these new approaches into legally admissible anthropological techniques of age estimation. |
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| Keywords: | forensic science forensic anthropology multi‐detector computed tomography virtual juvenile clavicle |
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