Magnetic resonance imaging for forensic age estimation in living children and young adults: a systematic review

J De Tobel, J Bauwens, GIL Parmentier, A Franco… - Pediatric …, 2020 - Springer
The use of MRI in forensic age estimation has been explored extensively during the last
decade. The authors of this paper synthesized the available MRI data for forensic age …

Comparison of the third molar maturity index (I3M) between left and right lower third molars to assess the age of majority: a multi-ethnic study sample

N Angelakopoulos, I Galić, SB Balla, HC Kiş… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The diagnostic accuracy of the I 3M to assess the legal age of 18 years has already been
tested in several specific-population samples. The left lower third molar has been …

Dental and skeletal imaging in forensic age estimation: disparities in current approaches and the continuing search for optimization

J De Tobel, C Ottow, T Widek, I Klasinc… - Seminars in …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Medical imaging for forensic age estimation in living adolescents and young adults
continues to be controversial and a subject of discussion. Because age estimation based on …

Dental age estimation: The chronology of mineralization and eruption of male third molars with 3T MRI

T Widek, P Genet, H Merkens, J Boldt, A Petrovic… - Forensic science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Forensic age estimation has recently become an important topic due to a steady increase of
cross border migration. Dental age assessment is one pillar of the forensic age estimation in …

Multi-factorial age estimation: A Bayesian approach combining dental and skeletal magnetic resonance imaging

J De Tobel, S Fieuws, E Hillewig, I Phlypo… - Forensic Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose To study age estimation performance of combined magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) data of all four third molars, the left wrist and both clavicles in a reference population of …

Age estimation using pulp/enamel volume ratio of impacted mandibular third molars measured on CBCT images in a northern Chinese population

Z Zhang, C Yan, Q Min, S Li, J Yang, Y Guo… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
The present study aims to evaluate the relation between chronological age and the ratio of
pulp volume (PV) to enamel volume (EV) of impacted mandibular third molars (IMTMs) by …

[HTML][HTML] Forensic age estimation in Barcelona: analysis of expert reports issued between 2011 and 2018

AM Taranilla Castro, A Pujol-Robinat… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction In recent years, there has been a notable increase of migratory movements into
Europe with the arrival of not (reliably) documented young individuals within EU-Member …

Forensic age assessment of living adolescents and young adults at the Institute of Legal Medicine, Münster, from 2009 to 2018

M Hagen, S Schmidt, R Schulz, V Vieth, C Ottow… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Due to high migration inflows to Europe, forensic age assessment of living persons has
clearly gained importance. If there is a legal justification for X-ray examinations without a …

Forensic Validity of the Third Molar Maturity Index (I3M) for Age Estimation in a Russian Population

R Scendoni, GV Zolotenkova, S Vanin… - BioMed Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this cross‐sectional study was to test the accuracy of the third molar maturity
index (I3M) cut‐off value (0.08) to distinguish between individuals above and below the …

A new model of classification of third molars development and its correlation with chronological age in a Brazilian subpopulation

H Gaêta-Araujo, N Oliveira-Santos… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The present study correlated the mineralization of third molars to chronological age using a
modified classification based on Demirjian's stages in a Brazilian subpopulation and …