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Sonographic assessment of the ossification of the medial clavicular epiphysis in 616 individuals.
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- Ultrasonographic assessment of ossification of the distal radial epiphysis for estimating forensic age.International journal of legal medicine · 2021Article
- Estimating forensic age via magnetic resonance imaging of the distal radial epiphysis.International journal of legal medicine · 2020Article
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- Applicability of T1-weighted MRI in the assessment of forensic age based on the epiphyseal closure of the humeral head.International journal of legal medicine · 2019Article
- Forensic age diagnostics by magnetic resonance imaging of the proximal humeral epiphysis.International journal of legal medicine · 2019Article
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- Magnetic resonance imaging-based evaluation of ossification of the medial clavicular epiphysis in forensic age assessment.International journal of legal medicine · 2017Article
- Estimating legal age based on fusion of The proximal humeral epiphysis.International journal of legal medicine · 2017Article
- Systematic procedure for identifying the five main ossification stages of the medial clavicular epiphysis using computed tomography: a practical proposal for forensic age diagnostics.International journal of legal medicine · 2017Article
- Optimising magnetic resonance imaging-based evaluation of the ossification of the medial clavicular epiphysis: a multi-centre study.International journal of legal medicine · 2016Article
- The completely fused medial clavicular epiphysis in high-frequency ultrasound scans as a diagnostic criterion for forensic age estimations in the living.International journal of legal medicine · 2016Article
- Evaluation of age estimation in forensic medicine by examination of medial clavicular ossification from thin-slice computed tomography images.International journal of legal medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
Establishing radiation-free imaging methods for the assessment of clavicular ossification in forensic age determination is desirable as it reduces radiation exposure in living individuals. For this purpose the stage of ossification of the right medial clavicular epiphysis was determined prospectively using sonography in 309 male and 307 female healthy volunteers. The classification of stages according to Schulz et al. was used for this purpose. Stage 2 was first noticed at the age of 14.4 years in males, and at the age of 14.1 years in females. Stage 3 was first achieved by males at the age of 17.6 years and by females at the age of 17.4 years. Stage 4 first occurred in males at the age of 19.3 years and at the age of 18.9 years in females. The mean age for stage 1 was 13.6 years. The mean age of stage 2 ranged between 17.3 and 17.6 years. For stage 3 the mean age varied from 20.7 to 21.2 years, and for stage 4 from 23.3 to 23.5 years. It was concluded that sonographically determined stage 4 clavicular ossification provides evidence for the completion of the nineteenth year of life in males and the eighteenth year of life in females. In order to increase the reliability of age determination using this method it is recommended that findings be recorded by at least two experienced independent examiners who then reach a consensus.
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