Determination of age at death: assessment of an algorithm of age prediction using numerical three-dimensional CT data from pubic bones |
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Authors: | Pasquier E De Saint Martin Pernot L Burdin V Mounayer C Le Rest C Colin D Mottier D Roux C Baccino E |
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Institution: | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Brest, France. |
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Abstract: | The determination of age at death is an important part of physical and forensic anthropology. Because of resistance to decomposition and the simplicity/accuracy ratio, the direct observation of the os pubis by Suchey-Brooks phase analysis is the preferred reference system for determination of age at death. We propose an age-prediction system using a pubic symphysis numerical database obtained from CT x-ray through quantification of age-linked parameters. Our system increases the accuracy of age estimation and at the same time preserves the integrity of the archeological material. |
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