Age Estimation by Cranial Suture Using Postmortem Computed Tomography Images Among Malaysian

Authors : Nor Fadhilah MADON, Poh Soon LAİ, Kunasilan SUBRAMANİAM, Mansharan Kaur CHAİNCHEL SİNGH, Faridah MOHD NOR, Sheue Feng SİEW

Pages : 5-11

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Publication Date : 2023-04-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Introduction: In the forensic context, cranial sutures are valuable in the determination of age at death. Purpose: This study was conducted to review the Meindl and Lovejoy’s insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ML); age estimation method in cranial suture from post-mortem computed tomography insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PMCT); Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DICOM); images among the Malaysian population. Material and Methods: About 106 scanned cases by PMCT between year 2015 and 2018 at the institute were analysed upon fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The estimated age was formulated by the ML scoring method. The total scores from combinations of seven different suture areas were analysed for correlation with age and its regression formula was applied for cross-validation study with actual age in terms of bias and inaccuracy. Results: The sex and race contribute no measurable bias towards the age prediction. There was significant correlation between the total scores of cranial suture closure pattern and age. Results showed that the ML scoring method was useful for age estimation, in which 62.3% of cases were accurately estimated within standard of estimation error insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SEE); range as well as the ML reference age range. There was a relatively good association between cranial suture closure pattern and age using the vault system by the ML method on PMCT DICOM images of the crania.
Keywords : Kranial Sütürler, Adli Antropoloji, Meindl ve Lovejoy, PMCT, Yaş Tahmini

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