Magnetic resonance imaging of distal tibia and calcaneus for forensic age estimation in living individuals

• Published in: International journal of legal medicine Vol. 129; no. 4; pp. 825 - 831
• Main Authors: Ekizoglu, Oguzhan, Hocaoglu, Elif, Can, Ismail Ozgur, Inci, Ercan, Aksoy, Sema, Bilgili, Mustafa Gokhan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.07.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Age Determination by Skeleton - methods; Calcaneus - anatomy & histology; Child; Female; Forensic Anthropology; Forensic Medicine; Hospitals; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Males; Medical Law; Medical records; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Methods; Original Article; Osseointegration; Radiation; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Tibia - anatomy & histology; Tomography; Work stations; X-rays; Young Adult; Istanbul Turkey; Turkey; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tibia; Forensic age estimation; Calcaneus

In recent years, methods by which to decrease radiation exposure during age estimation have gained importance and become a main research area in the forensic sciences. Imaging tools such as X-ray and computed tomography (CT) are accepted as the main diagnostic methods for evaluation of the epiphysis...