Bone age for chronological age determination — statement of the European Society of Paediatric Radiology musculoskeletal task force group

Radiologists are sometimes requested to determine a person’s age based on skeletal radiographs. Critical reviews demonstrate that this cannot be done with sufficient accuracy with existing methods.

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Published inPediatric radiology Vol. 49; no. 7; pp. 979 - 982
Main Authors Ording Müller, Lil-Sofie, Offiah, Amaka, Adamsbaum, Catherine, Barber, Ignasi, Di Paolo, Pier Luigi, Humphries, Paul, Shelmerdine, Susan, Tanturri De Horatio, Laura, Toma, Paolo, Treguier, Catherine, Rosendahl, Karen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Advisory Committees
Age
Age determination
Age Determination by Skeleton - methods
Chronology
Espr
Ethnicity
Europe
Hospitals
Humans
Imaging
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neuroradiology
Nuclear Medicine
Oncology
Pediatrics
Public health
Radiographs
Radiography
Radiologists
Radiology
Sex crimes
Studies
Systematic review
Task forces
Teenagers
Ultrasound
Europe
Radiography
Skeletal maturation
Children
Forensic imaging
Bone age
Adolescent
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Summary:Radiologists are sometimes requested to determine a person’s age based on skeletal radiographs. Critical reviews demonstrate that this cannot be done with sufficient accuracy with existing methods.
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ISSN:0301-0449
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DOI:10.1007/s00247-019-04379-4