The role of forensic anthropology in disaster victim identification (DVI): recent developments and future prospects

HH de Boer, S Blau, T Delabarde… - Forensic sciences …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Forensic anthropological knowledge has been used in disaster victim identification (DVI) for
over a century, but over the past decades, there have been a number of disaster events …

Virtual anthropology–a brief review of the literature and history of computed tomography

T Uldin - Forensic sciences research, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Computed tomography (CT) has influenced numerous fields since its inception in the 1970s.
The field of palaeoanthropology significantly benefited from this efficient and non-invasive …

Novel and powerful 3D adaptive crisp active contour method applied in the segmentation of CT lung images

PP Rebouças Filho, PC Cortez, AC da Silva Barros… - Medical image …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Health Organization estimates that 300 million people have asthma, 210
million people have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and, according to …

Computed tomography slice thickness and its effects on three-dimensional reconstruction of anatomical structures

JM Ford, SJ Decker - Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Computed Tomography (CT) scan parameters such as slice thickness
have a direct impact on any 3D models derived from the volumetric data. Higher slice …

Forensic age estimation in adults by pubic bone mineral density using multidetector computed tomography

S Luo, F Fan, X Zhang, A Liu, Y Lin, Z Cheng… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Radiology plays a crucial role in forensic anthropology for age estimation. However, most
studies rely on morphological methods. This study aims to investigate the feasibility of using …

Reliability of the Suchey-Brooks method for a French contemporary population

F Savall, C Rérolle, F Hérin, F Dédouit, D Rougé… - Forensic Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Suchey-Brooks method is commonly used for pubic symphyseal aging in
forensic cases. However, inter-population variability is a problem affected by several factors …

Quantification of pubic symphysis metamorphosis based on the analysis of clinical MDCT scans in a contemporary Malaysian population

S Hisham, N Abdullah… - Journal of forensic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Forensic age estimation methods are biased to sex and population; in general, accuracy is
reduced when applied to foreign populations. This study assessed the accuracy of the …

CT-based evaluation of the acetabulum for age estimation in an Indian population

V Warrier, T Kanchan, PK Garg, SG Dixit… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Age estimation constitutes an important aspect of forensic research, investigation and
human identification. For the purpose of age estimation, various markers within the skeletal …

Evaluating osteological ageing from digital data

C Villa, J Buckberry, N Lynnerup - Journal of anatomy, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Age at death estimation of human skeletal remains is one of the key issues in constructing a
biological profile both in forensic and archaeological contexts. The traditional adult …

Pitfalls of computed tomography 3D reconstruction models in cranial nonmetric analysis

B Bertoglio, S Corradin, A Cappella… - Journal of Forensic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Many studies in the literature have highlighted the utility of virtual 3D databanks as a
substitute for real skeletal collections and the important application of radiological records in …