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ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2017

Comparison of imaging planes during CT-based evaluation of clavicular ossification: a multi-center study.

Philipp Scharte, Volker Vieth, Ronald Schulz, Frank Ramsthaler, Klaus Püschel, Thomas Bajanowski, Heidi Pfeiffer, Andreas Schmeling, Sven Schmidt, Daniel Wittschieber

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Article in International journal of legal medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Philipp ScharteInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Röntgenstraße 23, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Volker ViethInstitute of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
Ronald SchulzInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Röntgenstraße 23, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Frank RamsthalerInstitute of Legal Medicine, University of the Saarland, Homburg, Saar, Germany.
Klaus PüschelInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Thomas BajanowskiInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
Heidi PfeifferInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Röntgenstraße 23, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Andreas SchmelingInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Röntgenstraße 23, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Sven SchmidtInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Röntgenstraße 23, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Daniel WittschieberInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Röntgenstraße 23, 48149, Münster, Germany. daniel.wittschieber@ukmuenster.de.

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Abstract

Determining the ossification stage of the medial clavicular epiphysis by computed tomography represents the currently recommended methodology for the question of whether a living individual has completed the 18th or 21st year of life. In the present study, thin-slice CT scans of 1078 sternoclavicular joints were reconstructed in axial and coronal image series and evaluated according to the two classification systems established for age diagnostics using the clavicle. Both image series (axial and coronal) were analyzed separately. When comparing the results of axial and coronal view, a different ossification stage was found in 35.6% of the clavicles. The results suggest an influence of the imaging plane on the process of stage determination. In order to further approximate the three-dimensional and asymmetrical structure of the epiphyseal ossification center, the usage of at least two different reformation types may be recommended. In practice, only those reference studies should be applied which exactly employed the same number and orientations of the reformation types that are going to be used in the respective routine case.

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OsteogenesisAdolescentAdultAge Determination by SkeletonChildClavicleEpiphysesForensic AnthropologyHumansMultidetector Computed TomographyProspective StudiesSternoclavicular JointYoung AdultComputed tomographyForensic age diagnosticsImaging planeMedial clavicular epiphysisOssification stage

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