Age estimation by evaluation of osteophytes in thoracic and lumbar vertebrae using postmortem CT images in a modern Japanese population

• Published in: International journal of legal medicine Vol. 136; no. 1; pp. 261 - 267
• Main Authors: Chiba, Fumiko, Inokuchi, Go, Hoshioka, Yumi, Sakuma, Ayaka, Makino, Yohsuke, Torimitsu, Suguru, Yamaguchi, Rutsuko, Saitoh, Hisako, Kono, Mei, Iwase, Hirotaro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age; Biomedical materials; Chronology; Computed tomography; Evaluation; Forensic anthropology; Forensic Medicine; Forensic osteology; Medical Law; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Article; Regression analysis; Standard error; Vertebrae; Forensic anthropology; Vertebrae; Age estimation; Forensic medicine; Computed tomography; Osteophytes

Estimation of age at death is important in forensic investigations of unknown remains. There have been several reports on applying the degree of osteophyte formation—an age-related change in the vertebral body—for age estimation; however, this method is not yet established. This study investigated a...