Determination of age at death: Assessment of an algorithm of age prediction using numerical three-dimensional CT data from pubic bones
✍ Scribed by Pasquier, E.; De Saint Martin Pernot, Luc; Burdin, V.; Mounayer, C.; Le Rest, C.; Colin, D.; Mottier, D.; Rouxand, C.; Baccino, E.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 192 KB
- Volume
- 108
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9483
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✦ Synopsis
The determination of age at death is an important part of physical and forensic anthropology. Because of resistance to decomposition and the simplicity/accuracy ratio, the direct observation of the os pubis by Suchey-Brooks phase analysis is the preferred reference system for determination of age at death. We propose an age-prediction system using a pubic symphysis numerical database obtained from CT x-ray through quantification of age-linked parameters. Our system increases the accuracy of age estimation and at the same time preserves the integrity of the archeological material.