Anthropological Measurement of the Juvenile Clavicle Using Multi-Detector Computed Tomography—Affirming Reliability
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Alison L. Brough B.Sc. (Hons)
East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Robert Kilpatrick Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE2 7LX U.K
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Alison L. Brough, B.Sc.
East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit
University of Leicester
Robert Kilpatrick Building
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester LE2 7LX
U.K.
E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorJonathan Bennett M.D.
Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL U.K
Search for more papers by this authorBruno Morgan Ph.D., B.M.BCh.
Imaging Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE2 7LX U.K
Search for more papers by this authorSue Black O.B.E., B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.;
Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee, DD1 5EH U.K
Search for more papers by this authorGuy N. Rutty M.B.E., M.D., M.B.B.S.
East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Robert Kilpatrick Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE2 7LX U.K
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Alison L. Brough B.Sc. (Hons)
East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Robert Kilpatrick Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE2 7LX U.K
Additional information and reprint request:
Alison L. Brough, B.Sc.
East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit
University of Leicester
Robert Kilpatrick Building
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester LE2 7LX
U.K.
E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorJonathan Bennett M.D.
Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL U.K
Search for more papers by this authorBruno Morgan Ph.D., B.M.BCh.
Imaging Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE2 7LX U.K
Search for more papers by this authorSue Black O.B.E., B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.;
Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee, DD1 5EH U.K
Search for more papers by this authorGuy N. Rutty M.B.E., M.D., M.B.B.S.
East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, Robert Kilpatrick Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE2 7LX U.K
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Currently, there is no standardized protocol for multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) measurement of juvenile remains. Using 33 juvenile clavicles, this paper investigates a protocol to allow MDCT measurements, comparable or supplemental with traditional osteometric measurements, to be acquired for application to previously published algorithms. The results illustrate that there is no significant difference between MDCT measurements and those taken by direct osteometric methods. By presenting such a protocol, this paper takes the first steps toward validation of the process of conversion from measurement of dry juvenile bone to MDCT compatibility and allows the forensic world to take a step forward in standardizing the way MDCT is used for forensic practice. This paper assesses the limitations and potential applications of this virtual approach and offers some suggestions for where further work might progress the conversion of these new approaches into legally admissible anthropological techniques of age estimation.
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