ArticleEuropean radiology2018
Forensic age assessment by 3.0T MRI of the knee: proposal of a new MRI classification of ossification stages.
Article in European radiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
44 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- I.O.F.O.S. Recommendations for Quality Assurance: Dental Age Assessment in Living Individuals.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2026Guideline
- I.O.F.O.S. Recommendations for quality assurance: Bone age assessment in living individuals.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2026Guideline
- Magnetic resonance imaging of the knee for chronological age estimation-a systematic review.European radiology · 2023Pooled it
- Magnetic resonance imaging for forensic age estimation in living children and young adults: a systematic review.Pediatric radiology · 2020Pooled it
- Forensic age estimation using knee MRI: application of the Vieth staging system in a French population.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Subclassification of Vieth stage 4 in MRI of the proximal tibial epiphysis: a pilot study for forensic age estimation.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- T1-Weighted MRI of the proximal humerus: Toward a non-ionizing approach to forensic age estimation in a French cohort.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Pelvic MRI-based machine learning models for age estimation and age threshold classification in living children and young adults.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Shoulder MRI for Forensic Age Estimation: Ossification Staging of the Proximal Humeral Epiphysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Forensic Age Estimation of the Knee with 3D MEDIC MRI.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Forensic age estimation at the 15- and 18-year thresholds using MRI of the wrist: application of the Vieth staging method.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Forensic age estimation in the living by 0.31 Tesla low-field MRI of the distal radius.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Forensic age estimation using Dedouit classification in adolescents of the Southwestern Chinese Han population based on the knee MRI.International journal of legal medicine · 2025Article
- Growth plate continuity on knee MRI predicts growth hormone effect in mid-to-late puberty with idiopathic short stature.Endocrine · 2025Article
- Forensic age estimation using Vieth classification in adolescents of northern China based on the knee MRI.International journal of legal medicine · 2025Article
- Application of Vieth staging in forensic age estimation in the living using MRI of the distal radial epiphysis.International journal of legal medicine · 2025Article
- T2-weighted spoiled gradient echo MRI for forensic age estimation: a study on knee growth plates.International journal of legal medicine · 2025Article
- Forensic age estimation by MRI of the knee - comparison of two classifications for ossification stages in a German population.International journal of legal medicine · 2024Article
- Leverage Effective Deep Learning Searching Method for Forensic Age Estimation.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Magnetic resonance imaging of knees: a novel approach to predict recombinant human growth hormone therapy response in short-stature children in late puberty.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeTo explore the possibility of determining majority via a morphology-based examination of the epiphyseal-diaphyseal fusion by 3.0 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a prospective cross-sectional study developing and applying a new stage classification was conducted. MATERIALS AND
methods344 male and 350 female volunteers of German nationality between the ages of 12-24 years were scanned between May 2013 and June 2015. A 3.0 T MRI scanner was used, acquiring a T1-weighted (T1-w) turbo spin-echo sequence (TSE) and a T2-weighted (T2-w) TSE sequence with fat suppression by spectral pre-saturation with inversion recovery (SPIR). The gathered information was sifted and a five-stage classification was formulated as a hypothesis. The images were then assessed using this classification. The relevant statistics were defined, the intra- and interobserver agreements were determined, and the differences between the sexes were analysed.
resultsThe application of the new classification made it possible to correctly assess majority in both sexes by the examination of the epiphyses of the knee joint. The intra- and interobserver agreement levels were very good (κ > 0.80). The Mann-Whitney-U Test implied significant sex-related differences for most stages.
conclusionApplying the presented MRI classification, it is possible to determine the completion of the 18th year of life in either sex by 3.0 T MRI of the knee joint. KEY POINTS: • Based on prospective referential data a new MRI classification was formulated. • The setting allows assessment of the age of an individual's skeletal development. • The classification scheme allows the reliable determination of majority in both sexes. • The staging shows a high reproducibility for instructed and trained professional personnel. • The proposed classification is likely to be adaptable to other long bone epiphyses.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.